Richard Dean Belmar was born on 31 October 1979 and is a British man who was held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
10 Facts About Richard Belmar
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Richard Belmar was first detained in Pakistan in 2002 and sent to Bagram Theater Internment Facility, then Guantanamo.
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Richard Belmar was not charged, and was returned to the United Kingdom on 25 January 2005.
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Richard Belmar's father is Catholic, and he attended St George's Roman Catholic Secondary School.
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Richard Belmar converted to Islam in 1999, after his elder brother.
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Richard Belmar spent some time in Pakistan, and says he travelled to Afghanistan to study at a religious school in July 2001.
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Richard Belmar says he walked across the mountains, reaching Pakistan in December 2001.
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US officials said Richard Belmar was captured at an al Qaeda safe house in Pakistan in February 2002.
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Richard Belmar's family was told in October 2002 that he had been taken into custody due to an expired visa, and in December 2002 they were told he had been transferred to Guantanamo Bay.
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Richard Belmar was flown into RAF Northolt on 25 January 2005, along with Moazzam Begg, Martin Mubanga and Feroz Abbasi, where he was arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 and briefly questioned at Paddington Green police station, before being released.