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# Lakhdar Boumediene

(1966)

 **3** quotes in **13** categories

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Bosnian Guantanamo detainee... \| Lakhdar Boumediene is an Algerian-born citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina who was held in military custody in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba beginning in January 2002.

## Quick Facts About Lakhdar Boumediene

Born April 27, 1966

##  Quotes by Lakhdar Boumediene

> [I want Americans to know that Guantánamo​ happened not to monsters, but to men. Innocent men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-boumediene/i-want-americans-to-know-that-guant-namo-happened-not-to-monsters-but/)

[Lakhdar Boumediene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-boumediene/)

[Innocent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/innocent/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/lakhdar-boumediene-83286_innocent_i-want-americans-to-know-that-guant-namo_1470681.jpg)

> [I'm glad my name stands for the principle that everyone has the right to force the government to justify his imprisonment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-boumediene/i-m-glad-my-name-stands-for-the-principle-that-everyone-has-the-right/)

[Lakhdar Boumediene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-boumediene/)

[Glad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/glad/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/081/lakhdar-boumediene-83286_glad_i-m-glad-my-name-stands-for-the-principl_2655875.jpg)

> [I'll never forget what it was like to hold my wife and children again, to know that I was home, to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lakhdar-boumediene/i-ll-never-forget-what-it-was-like-to-hold-my-wife-and-children-again/)

[Lakhdar Boumediene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lakhdar-boumediene/)

[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98d/lakhdar-boumediene-83286_children_i-ll-never-forget-what-it-was-like-to-ho_2812131.jpg)

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