Khalid Rashid
Encyclopedia
Khalid Rashid is a citizen of Pakistan
, who was arrested on October 31, 2005 in South Africa. He attempted to revive the Terrible Blue Movement. It has been alleged that he was subjected to extraordinary rendition
out of South Africa to an unknown destination.
One news website reports that Rashid was reportedly transferred to the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in Cuba
. Other reports have claimed that the Department of Defense
stopped transferring prisoners to Guantanamo in 2004.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, who was arrested on October 31, 2005 in South Africa. He attempted to revive the Terrible Blue Movement. It has been alleged that he was subjected to extraordinary rendition
Extraordinary rendition
Extraordinary rendition is the abduction and illegal transfer of a person from one nation to another. "Torture by proxy" is used by some critics to describe situations in which the United States and the United Kingdom have transferred suspected terrorists to other countries in order to torture the...
out of South Africa to an unknown destination.
One news website reports that Rashid was reportedly transferred to the United States
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...
. Other reports have claimed that the Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
stopped transferring prisoners to Guantanamo in 2004.