Pakistani captives in Guantanamo
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According to the United States
Department of Defense, there were five dozen Pakistan detainees in Guantanamo prior to May 15, 2006.
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp was opened on January 11, 2002.
In the summer of 2004, following the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush
, the Department of Defense stopped transferring men and boys to Guantanamo.
On September 6, 2006 United States President George W. Bush
announced the transfer of 14 high value detainees to Guantanamo, including several additional Pakistanis.
On September 7, 2008
Pakistan's Daily Times
quoted Hussain Haqqani,
Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, stating
that only five Pakistanis remained in captivity in Guantanamo:
Ume Amaar Al Balochi, Majid Khan, Abdul Rabbani, Muhammad Ahmed, Ghulam Rabbani
and Saifullah.
A sixth man, Qari Muhammad Saeed was reported to have been released on August 29, 2008.
United States
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Department of Defense, there were five dozen Pakistan detainees in Guantanamo prior to May 15, 2006.
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp was opened on January 11, 2002.
In the summer of 2004, following the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush
Rasul v. Bush
Rasul v. Bush, 542 U.S. 466 , is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision establishing that the U.S. court system has the authority to decide whether foreign nationals held in Guantanamo Bay were wrongfully imprisoned...
, the Department of Defense stopped transferring men and boys to Guantanamo.
On September 6, 2006 United States President George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
announced the transfer of 14 high value detainees to Guantanamo, including several additional Pakistanis.
On September 7, 2008
Pakistan's Daily Times
quoted Hussain Haqqani,
Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, stating
that only five Pakistanis remained in captivity in Guantanamo:
Ume Amaar Al Balochi, Majid Khan, Abdul Rabbani, Muhammad Ahmed, Ghulam Rabbani
Ghulam Rabbani
Ghulam Rabbani may refer to:* Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani, Pakistani citizen held by the US military at the Guantanamo camps in Cuba* Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani, Pakistani citizen held by the US military at the Guantanamo camps in Cuba...
and Saifullah.
A sixth man, Qari Muhammad Saeed was reported to have been released on August 29, 2008.
Pakistanis detainees in Guantanamo
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10 | Abdul Sattar Abdul Sattar (Guantanamo detainee 10) Abdul Sattar is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 10.... |
2002-05-05 | 2004-09-17 |
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11 | Abdul Satar Nafeesi | 2002-01-14 | 2004-09-17 |
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12 | Shabidzada Usman | 2002-01-11 | 2003-05-09 |
Mark Bowden Not to be confused with Mark Bowden, U.N. Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative for Somalia.Mark Robert Bowden is an American writer and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he is a 1973 graduate of Loyola University Maryland... , writing in the Philadelphia Inquirer, described traveling to Pakistan to interview Shabidzada and Shah Muhammad Shah Muhammad Sha Mohammed Alikhel is a Pakistani who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.On 8 May 2003 Muhammad was released at the same time as two other Pakistanis,Jehan Wali and Sahibzada Usman Ali... , another young Pakistani who was among the first captives to be released. Bowden described being met by "warmth and elaborate courtesy" by the two released men, who he described as "uneducated, unworldly, and dirt poor". Bowden believed their accounts that they were rounded up and sold to the Americans by undiscriminating warlords, for a bounty, who didn't care if they were innocent. |
14 | Zafar Iqbal | 2002-01-20 | 2004-09-17 |
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15 | Zia Ul Shah Zia Ul Shah Shah chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.The following factors favor continued detentionThe following primary factors favor release or transfer-McClatchy News Service interview:... |
2002-01-14 | 2006-10-11 |
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16 | Jamal Muhammad Al-Deen | 2002-01-14 | 2003-07-16 |
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17 | Muhammed Ijaz Khan Muhammed Ijaz Khan Muhammed Ijaz Khan is a citizen of Pakistan, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba... |
2002-01-14 | 2004-09-17 |
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... to be repatriated. |
18 | Mohammed Sayed | 2002-01-14 | 2004-09-17 |
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19 | Sha Mohammed Alikhel | 2002-01-14 | 2003-05-09 |
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20 | Mohammed Ishaq | 2002-01-14 | 2003-11-18 |
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21 | Salah Hudin | 2002-01-20 | 2003-07-16 |
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23 | Isa Khan | 2002-01-20 | 2004-09-17 |
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47 | Asad Ullah Asadullah Jan Asadullah Jan is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 47.Joint Task Force -- Guantanamo analysts estimate he was born in 1981... |
2002-01-17 | 2003-07-16 |
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85 | Munir Bin Naseer Munir Bin Naseer Munir Naseer is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 85.He was repatriated on 30 November 2003.... |
2003-11-30 |
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97 | Tariq Khan Tariq Khan (Guantanamo detainee) Tariq Khan is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.He arrived in Guantanamo on June 16, 2002.He was repatriated on 16 July 2003.-McClatchy News Service interview:... |
2002-06-16 | 2003-07-16 |
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98 | Hafiz Ihsan Saeed Hafiz Ihsan Saeed Hafiz Ihsan Saeed is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo detainee ID number was 98.... |
2002-01-20 | 2004-09-17 |
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99 | Abdul Raziq | 2002-06-16 | 2003-07-16 |
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100 | Mohammed Ashraf | 2002-05-05 | 2004-09-17 |
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101 | Mohammed Irfan (Guantanamo detainee 101) | 2002-02-09 | 2004-09-17 |
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106 | Mohammed Raz | 2002-02-10 | 2003-07-16 |
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113 | Said Saim Ali | 2002-05-05 | 2004-09-17 |
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134 | Ghaser Zaban Safollah | 2002-01-17 | 2003-07-16 |
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135 | Ejaz Ahmad Khan Ejaz Ahmad Khan Ejaz Ahmad Khan is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.He was repatriated on 11 November 2003.-McClatchy News Service interview:... |
2002-06-12 | 2003-11-18 |
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136 | Tarik Mohammad | 2002-01-15 | 2003-11-30 |
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137 | Mohammed Tariq | 2002-01-18 | 2004-09-17 |
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138 | Salahodin Ayubi | 2002-01-18 | 2004-09-17 |
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139 | Hafice Leqeat Manzu | 2002-01-17 | 2003-11-18 |
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140 | Said Saim Ali | 2002-01-17 | 2004-09-17 |
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141 | Haseeb Ayub | 2002-01-18 | 2004-09-17 |
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142 | Fazaldad | 2002-05-03 | 2004-09-17 |
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143 | Mohammad Sanghir | 2002-01-18 | 2002-10-28 |
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144 | Mohammad Il Yas | 2002-01-17 | 2004-09-17 |
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145 | Hamood Ullah Khan | 2002-01-15 | 2004-09-17 |
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146 | Mohammad Kashef Khan | 2002-01-18 | 2003-07-16 | |
147 | Mohammed Arshad Raza | 2002-01-18 | 2004-09-17 |
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210 | Faik Iqbal | 2002-01-21 | 2003-07-16 |
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247 | Kay Fiyatullah | 2002-06-12 | 2004-09-17 |
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299 | Abid Raza Abid Raza -Testimony:Raza chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a five page Summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.... |
2002-06-12 | 2004-09-17 |
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300 | Zahid Sultan | 2002-02-07 | 2004-09-17 |
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301 | Khalil Rahman Hafez Khalil Rahman Hafez Khalil Rahman Hafez is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 301.... |
2002-02-08 | 2004-09-17 |
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302 | Mohamed Ijaz | 2002-02-11 | 2004-09-17 |
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303 | Ali Ahmed (Guantanamo detainee 303) | 2002-02-12 | 2003-07-16 |
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304 | Mohammed Ansar | 2002-02-09 | 2003-07-16 |
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305 | Hanif Mohammed | 2002-02-17 | 2004-09-17 |
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442 | Abdul Mowla | 2002-06-12 | 2003-07-16 |
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444 | Jihan Wali | 2002-06-12 | 2003-05-09 |
BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff... that they were given psychoactive drugs, and that Jehan Wali had not spoken for eight months. |
495 | Mohammed Rafiq (Guantanamo detainee 495) | 2002-05-05 | 2004-09-17 |
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504 | Aminullah Amin Aminullah Amin Aminullah Aminwas held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 504.Aminulla Amin was transferred to Pakistan on September 17, 2004.-Role in the Taliban:... |
2002-05-03 | 2004-09-17 |
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515 | Israr Ul Haq Israr ul Haq Israr ul Haq is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 515.He was repatriated on 14 March 2004.... |
2002-06-12 | 2004-03-14 |
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524 | Mohammed Anwar | 2002-05-03 | 2004-09-17 |
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529 | Bacha Khan (Guantanamo detainee 529) | 2002-06-16 | 2004-09-17 |
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540 | Mohammed Omar (Guantanamo detainee 540) | 2002-10-28 | 2004-09-17 |
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541 | Mohammed Noman | 2002-06-16 | 2004-09-17 |
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542 | Mohammad Abas | 2002-06-16 | 2004-03-14 |
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545 | Sajin Urayman | 2002-06-12 | 2003-07-16 |
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581 | Abdur Sayed Rahaman Abdur Sayed Rahaman Abdur Sayed Rahaman is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.... |
2002-06-16 | 2005-03-11 |
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586 | Karam Khamis Sayd Khamsan Karam Khamis Sayd Khamsan Karam Khamis Sayd Khamsan is a citizen of Yemen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.... |
2002-05-01 | 2005-08-19 |
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624 | Majid Mehmood | 2002-06-12 | 2003-11-18 |
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634 | Ali Mohammed | 2002-06-16 | 2004-03-14 |
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743 | Hafez Qari Mohamed Saad Iqbal Madni Hafez Qari Mohamed Saad Iqbal Madni -Transcript:The Department of Defense published a 13 summarized transcript from his 2004 CSR Tribunal.-Testimony:Madni told his Tribunal that he was wearing the orange jumpsuit that non-compliant captives were made to wear because of a suicide attempt he had made on the 191st day of his... |
2003-03-23 | 2008-08-31 |
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830 | Tila Mohammed Khan | 2002-10-28 | 2003-11-18 |
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842 | Sultan Ahmad Sultan Ahmad (Guantanamo detainee 842) Sultan Ahmad is a citizen of Pakistan held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 842.... |
2003-02-07 | 2004-09-17 |
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843 | Saghir Ahmed | 2003-02-07 | 2004-09-17 |
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1005 | Bashir Ahmad Bashir Ahmad (Guantanamo detainee 1005) Bashir Ahmad was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 1005American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1975, in Chah Kote Wala, Pakistan.... |
2003-05-09 | 2004-09-17 |
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.... , Bagram 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 Guantanamo. |
1006 | Mohammed Irfan | 2003-05-09 | 2004-09-17 |
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1007 | Abdul Halim Sadiqi Abdul Halim Sadiqi Abdul Halim Sadiqi is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.... |
2003-05-09 | 2006-10-11 |
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1011 | Mohammed Akbar | 2003-05-09 | 2004-09-17 |
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1018 | Ammar al-Baluchi | |||
1094 | Saifullah Paracha Saifullah Paracha Saifullah Paracha is a citizen of Pakistan currently held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.The Department of Defense reports that Paracha was born on August 17, 1947,in Mongwal, Pakistan.... |
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1460 | Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani is a citizen of Pakistan currently held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.American Intelligence analysts estimated that Rabbani was born in 1969.... |
2004-09-20 |
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1461 | Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani Mohammed Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani is a citizen of Pakistan currently held by the United States military at Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp.American Intelligence analysts estimated that Rabbani was born in 1970, in al Medinah, Saudi Arabia.... |
2004-09-20 |
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10020 | Majid Khan | 2006-09-06 |
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10024 | Khalid Sheikh Mohammed | 2006-09-06 |
Black site In military terminology, a black site is a location at which an unacknowledged black project is conducted. Recently, the term has gained notoriety in describing secret prisons operated by the United States Central Intelligence Agency , generally outside of U.S. territory and legal jurisdiction. It... s prior to transfer to Guantanamo. |