Abid Raza
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Testimony
Raza chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order
Court order
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from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
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published a five page Summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
Repatriation
Abid Raza was repatriated on September 17, 2004. He was held, without charge, for a further nine months, by Pakistani security officials upon his arrival in Pakistan. According to the Daily Times he was detained in the Adyala prison in RawalpindiRawalpindi
Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...
for the first eight months. The Daily Times also reported that he was interrogated by a special team composed of officials from several security agencies while being held in prisons in Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...
, Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
, Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas starting in April prior to his release in May 2005.