Lakhdar Boumediene
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Lakhdar Boumediene is an Algerian-born Bosnian resident whose detention at Guantánamo Bay led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirming habeas corpus rights for foreign detainees.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lakhdar Boumediene canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8387196 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lakhdar Boumediene Context triple: [Boumediene v. Bush, petitioner, Lakhdar Boumediene]
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A.
Abane Ramdane
Abane Ramdane was a prominent Algerian nationalist leader and strategist who played a central role in organizing the Algerian War of Independence against French colonial rule.
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B.
David Hicks
David Hicks is an Australian man who was detained by the United States at Guantánamo Bay and became widely known for challenging his detention in landmark legal cases related to the War on Terror.
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C.
Abdelhakim Belhadj
Abdelhakim Belhadj is a Libyan Islamist military commander and former rebel leader who played a prominent role in the 2011 uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.
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D.
Abdelhamid Ben Badis
Abdelhamid Ben Badis was an influential Algerian Islamic scholar and leading figure of the early 20th-century Algerian reformist and nationalist movement.
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E.
Omar Samhan
Omar Samhan is an American former professional basketball center best known for starring at Saint Mary's College, where he became one of the program's most dominant and recognizable players.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lakhdar Boumediene Target entity description: Lakhdar Boumediene is an Algerian-born Bosnian resident whose detention at Guantánamo Bay led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirming habeas corpus rights for foreign detainees.
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A.
Abane Ramdane
Abane Ramdane was a prominent Algerian nationalist leader and strategist who played a central role in organizing the Algerian War of Independence against French colonial rule.
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B.
David Hicks
David Hicks is an Australian man who was detained by the United States at Guantánamo Bay and became widely known for challenging his detention in landmark legal cases related to the War on Terror.
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C.
Abdelhakim Belhadj
Abdelhakim Belhadj is a Libyan Islamist military commander and former rebel leader who played a prominent role in the 2011 uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.
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D.
Abdelhamid Ben Badis
Abdelhamid Ben Badis was an influential Algerian Islamic scholar and leading figure of the early 20th-century Algerian reformist and nationalist movement.
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E.
Omar Samhan
Omar Samhan is an American former professional basketball center best known for starring at Saint Mary's College, where he became one of the program's most dominant and recognizable players.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algerian person
ⓘ
Guantánamo Bay detainee ⓘ person ⓘ |
| advocacy | public criticism of U.S. detention policies ⓘ |
| arrestedBy | Bosnian authorities ⓘ |
| arrestedIn | Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Guantánamo Bay detention camp
ⓘ
linked to:
Guantánamo
U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
linked to:
Supreme Court of the United States
war on terror ⓘ
linked to:
Global War on Terrorism
|
| citizenship | Algeria ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Algeria ⓘ |
| countryOfResidenceAtTimeOfArrest | Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ |
| detainedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| detentionCharacterization | indefinite detention without trial ⓘ |
| detentionSite |
Guantánamo Bay detention camp
ⓘ
linked to:
Guantánamo
|
| detentionType | extrajudicial detention ⓘ |
| detentionWithoutCharge | true ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Algerian ⓘ |
| familyName |
Boumediene
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Supreme Court case Boumediene v. Bush
|
| givenName | Lakhdar ⓘ |
| humanRightsContext | symbol of legal challenges to the U.S. war on terror detention policies ⓘ |
| impact | expanded constitutional protections for foreign detainees held by the United States ⓘ |
| knownFor | challenging the Military Commissions Act of 2006 ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
ⓘ
Bosnian ⓘ French ⓘ |
| laterResidence | France ⓘ |
| legalCase |
Boumediene v. Bush
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Supreme Court case Boumediene v. Bush
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| legalIssue |
application of the U.S. Constitution to Guantánamo detainees
ⓘ
habeas corpus rights of foreign detainees ⓘ |
| legalOutcome |
U.S. Supreme Court ruled in his favor in Boumediene v. Bush
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Supreme Court case Boumediene v. Bush
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| legalPrincipleEstablished | constitutional habeas corpus applies to non-citizens held at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ |
| legalStatusInCase | petitioner ⓘ |
| name | Lakhdar Boumediene ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being detained at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp
ⓘ
being lead petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court case Boumediene v. Bush ⓘ |
| occupationBeforeDetention | humanitarian aid worker ⓘ |
| releaseFrom |
Guantánamo Bay detention camp
ⓘ
linked to:
Guantánamo
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence | Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ |
| spouseCitizenship | Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Boumediene v. Bush decision recognizing habeas corpus rights for Guantánamo detainees
ⓘ
human rights reports on Guantánamo ⓘ media interviews about Guantánamo detention ⓘ |
| transferredTo |
Guantánamo Bay detention camp
ⓘ
linked to:
Guantánamo
U.S. custody ⓘ |
| victimOf | human rights violations alleged at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ |
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Subject: Lakhdar Boumediene Description of subject: Lakhdar Boumediene is an Algerian-born Bosnian resident whose detention at Guantánamo Bay led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirming habeas corpus rights for foreign detainees.
Referenced by (2)
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subject linked to:
U.S. Supreme Court case Boumediene v. Bush