Bashir Ahmad (Guantanamo detainee 1005)
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Bashir Ahmad was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in Cuba
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 1005
American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1975, in Chah Kote Wala, Pakistan.
Historian Andy Worthington
, author of The Guantanamo Files, describes Bashir Ahmad as a survivor of "the Convoy of Death", transported in an Industrial shipping container From Kunduz
to Sheberghan Prison
.
He was held for an extended period of time by General Dostum's private militia in Sherberghan.
He described brutal treatment in Sheberghan, and while in US custody in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility
, and in Guantanamo.
released from Pakistani custody on June 28, 2005.
According to Daily Times Punjab's chief minister’s adviser on religious affairs,
Maulana
Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi, said local authorities wanted to investigate whether the men had been brainwashed and were still involved in any terrorist activity.
On November 25, 2009, the Department of Defense published a list of the dates captives were transferred from Guantanamo.
According to that list Bashir Ahmad
was repatriated on 17 September 2004.
There is no record that Bashir Ahmed's enemy combatant
status was reviewed by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal
.
published medical records for the captives.
According to those records Bashir Ahmed
was 66 inches tall.
According to those records his weight was recorded three times in 2003, eleven times in 2004, and once more on April 18, 2006, over twenty months after his transfer from Guantanamo.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in 2002 by the Bush Administration to hold detainees from the war in Afghanistan and later Iraq...
s, in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
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His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 1005
American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1975, in Chah Kote Wala, Pakistan.
Background
Pakistan's Daily Times reports that a man named Bashir Ahmed, from Jhang, was repatriated to Pakistan in the fall of 2004.Historian Andy Worthington
Andy Worthington
Andy Worthington is a British historian, journalist, and film director.He has published three books, and been published in numerous publications.In 2009 Worthington was the co-director of a documentary about the Guantanamo detainees....
, author of The Guantanamo Files, describes Bashir Ahmad as a survivor of "the Convoy of Death", transported in an Industrial shipping container From Kunduz
Kunduz
Kunduz also known as Kundûz, Qonduz, Qondûz, Konduz, Kondûz, Kondoz, or Qhunduz is a city in northern Afghanistan, the capital of Kunduz Province. It is linked by highways with Mazari Sharif to the west, Kabul to the south and Tajikistan's border to the north...
to Sheberghan Prison
Sheberghan Prison
The Sheberghan Prison is a prison in northern Afghanistan.Following the battle of Qali-Jangi in Mazari Sharif General Dostum sent many of the surviving captives to Sheberghan Prison.He is reported to have sent them in industrial shipping containers....
.
He was held for an extended period of time by General Dostum's private militia in Sherberghan.
He described brutal treatment in Sheberghan, and while in US custody in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility
Bagram Theater Internment Facility
The Parwan Detention Facility , also called the Bagram Theater Internment Facility, is a United States-run prison located next to Bagram Airfield in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan.It was formerly known as the Bagram Collection Point...
, and in Guantanamo.
Release
The Daily Times reported that Bashir Ahmed was repatriated with sixteen other men. The seventeen men werereleased from Pakistani custody on June 28, 2005.
According to Daily Times Punjab's chief minister’s adviser on religious affairs,
Maulana
Maulana
Mawlānā is an Arabic word literally meaning "our lord" or "our master" ....
Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi, said local authorities wanted to investigate whether the men had been brainwashed and were still involved in any terrorist activity.
On November 25, 2009, the Department of Defense published a list of the dates captives were transferred from Guantanamo.
According to that list Bashir Ahmad
was repatriated on 17 September 2004.
There is no record that Bashir Ahmed's enemy combatant
Enemy combatant
Enemy combatant is a term historically referring to members of the armed forces of the state with which another state is at war. Prior to 2008, the definition was: "Any person in an armed conflict who could be properly detained under the laws and customs of war." In the case of a civil war or an...
status was reviewed by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Combatant Status Review Tribunal
The Combatant Status Review Tribunals were a set of tribunals for confirming whether detainees held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp had been correctly designated as "enemy combatants". The CSRTs were established July 7, 2004 by order of U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense...
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Guantanamo Medical records
On 16 March 2007 the Department of DefenseUnited States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
published medical records for the captives.
According to those records Bashir Ahmed
was 66 inches tall.
According to those records his weight was recorded three times in 2003, eleven times in 2004, and once more on April 18, 2006, over twenty months after his transfer from Guantanamo.