Khalid al-Odah


Khalid al-Odah is the father of Guantanamo Bay detainee, Fawzi al-Odah, and the founder of the Kuwaiti Family Committee, a group established in 2004 to heighten global awareness of the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. Over the past five years, Khalid has waged legal, media, and public relations campaigns to promote the need for due process for the prisoners at Guantanamo. In 2004, Khalid brought his son's case to the Supreme Court Rasul v. Bush/ al-Odah v. Bush.
Khalid is a retired lieutenant colonel in the Kuwait Air Force and has five children.
He is committed to seeking justice for his son and other detainees. Khalid lives in Kuwait City, Kuwait.
Al Odah commented on a poll on American's attitudes towards the Guantanamo detainees.
The poll found that:
Al Odah said:
Al Otah's son received a habeas corpus hearing before a federal judge, who ruled on August 24, 2009 that he was detained legally.
On October 28, 2011, CNN'' reporter Jenifer Fenton visited Khalid al-Odah's house, where she met and interviewed several former Guantanamo captives, including Fouad al Rabiah and Abd Al Aziz Sayer Uwain Al Shammeri.
Fenton reported that former captives routinely met at al Odah's house for moral support.