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NEW YORK 鈥� A panel of national security, intelligence, and other officials has cleared Guant谩namo detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi for release after determining that he poses no significant threat to the United States.

Slahi, the author of the best-selling memoir 鈥淕uant谩namo Diary,鈥� appeared before the Periodic Review Board on June 2. The government of his native Mauritania has said that it would welcome him home.

鈥淲e are thrilled that the PRB has cleared our client,鈥� said Nancy Hollander, one of Slahi鈥檚 attorneys. 鈥淲e will now work toward his quick release and return to the waiting arms of his loving family. This is long overdue.鈥�

Slahi has been held at Guant谩namo without charge for nearly 14 years. With today鈥檚 decision, there are currently 76 prisoners remaining, 30 of whom have been cleared for release.

鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted for Mohamedou and his family, but the new chapter in his life won鈥檛 start until the Pentagon actually transfers him, and it should begin that process immediately,鈥� said Hina Shamsi, one of Slahi鈥檚 attorneys and director of the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 National Security Project. 鈥淭here are still dozens of other men trapped in the misery that is indefinite detention at Guant谩namo. Time is running out for President Obama to fulfill his promise to close Guant谩namo and prevent its injustice from tarnishing his legacy.鈥�

Among the evidence the PRB reviewed was a letter of support submitted by a former U.S. military guard at Guant谩namo who was assigned to Slahi for 10 months.

A campaign to free Slahi spearheaded by the 老澳门开奖结果 has resulted in support both in the U.S. and abroad. The 老澳门开奖结果, , and have collected more than 100,000 signatures calling for his release. The petitions have gathered high-profile supporters including Maggie Gyllenhaal, , and . In the U.K., several members of Parliament signed a urging the British government to call on the U.S. to release Slahi.

Slahi was born in Mauritania in 1970 and won a scholarship to attend college in Germany. In the early 1990s, Slahi fought with al-Qaeda when it was part of the Afghan anti-communist resistance supported by the U.S. The federal judge who reviewed all the evidence in his case noted that the group then was very different from the one that later came into existence. Slahi worked in Germany for several years as an engineer and returned to Mauritania in 2000. The following year, at the behest of the U.S., he was detained by Mauritanian authorities and rendered to a prison in Jordan. Later he was rendered again, first to Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan and finally, in August 2002, to the U.S. prison at Guant谩namo Bay, where he was subjected to severe torture.

Slahi was one of two so-called 鈥淪pecial Projects鈥� whose brutal treatment then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld personally approved. The abuse included beatings, extreme isolation, sleep deprivation, sexual molestation, frigid rooms, shackling in stress positions, and threats against both Slahi and his mother. In Slahi鈥檚 habeas challenge, a federal district court judge determined Slahi鈥檚 detention was unlawful and ordered him released in 2010. The U.S. government successfully appealed that decision, and the habeas case is still pending.

Slahi鈥檚 book, the first and only memoir by a still-imprisoned Guant谩namo detainee, was published in January 2015 鈥� with numerous redactions 鈥� from a 466-page handwritten manuscript. It spent several weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list and has since been translated into multiple languages for publication in more than 25 countries.

Excerpts from Slahi鈥檚 book, along with video and audio content, are here: