List of Pakistani detainees at Guantanamo Bay explained

According to the United States Department of Defense, there were five dozen Pakistani detainees in Guantanamo prior to May 15, 2006.[1] 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. The Supreme Court determined that the detainees had to be given a chance to challenge their detentions in an impartial tribunal.

On September 6, 2006 United States President George W. Bush announced the transfer of 14 high-value detainees from CIA custody to military custody at Guantanamo, including several additional Pakistanis.

On September 7, 2008, Pakistan's Daily Times newspaper quoted Hussain Haqqani, Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, that only five Pakistanis remained in captivity in Guantanamo: Ume Amaar Al Balochi, Majid Khan, Abdul Rabbani, Muhammad Ahmed, Ghulam Rabbani and Saifullah.[2] A sixth man, Qari Muhammad Saeed, was reported to have been released on August 29, 2008.

Pakistanis detainees in Guantanamo

Pakistani detainees
isn name arrival date release date notes
Dunya Gul 2010-03-09
  • Reported to have spent four years in US custody, and then to have been transferred to Afghan custody.[3]
  • Reports severe torture in both Bagram and Guantanamo.
  • Reportedly only able to return to his home in Pakistan in March 2010.
2002-05-05 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
Abdul Satar Nafeesi 2002-01-14 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • According to Pakistan's The Nation, Nafeesi reported that he was tortured.[4] He was quoted as saying: "The Americans removed our beards and have been spitting over the holy Book,"
Shabidzada Usman 2002-01-11 2003-05-09
  • Repatriated on 9 May 2003.
  • Mark Bowden, writing in The Philadelphia Inquirer, described traveling to Pakistan to interview Shabidzada and Shah Muhammad, another young Pakistani who was among the first captives to be released.[5] 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.
Zafar Iqbal 2002-01-20 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • Iqbal was one of 17 Pakistanis freed from Pakistani custody, approximately seven months after being repatriated from Guantanamo to Pakistan. June 28, 2005.
  • The Daily Times reported that Zafaar Iqbal was from Jhang.[6]
2002-01-142006-10-11
Jamal Muhammad Al-Deen 2002-01-14 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
2002-01-142004-09-17
2002-01-142004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-01-14 2003-05-09
  • Repatriated on 9 May 2003.
  • Reported being administered powerful psychoactive drugs in captivity.[9] Reported on-going suicidal impulses after release.
2002-01-14 2003-11-18
  • Repatriated on 18 November 2003.
2002-01-20 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
2002-01-20 2004-09-17
2002-01-17 2003-07-16
2003-11-30
2002-06-16 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
2002-01-20 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
Abdul Raziq 2002-06-16 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
Mohammed Ashraf 2002-05-05 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • Pakistan's Daily Times reports that Mohammed Asharf was born in Khoshab.
  • He spent a further nine months in Pakistani custody upon his repatriation.
2002-02-09 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-02-10 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
2002-05-05 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-01-17 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
2002-06-12 2003-11-18
  • Repatriated on 18 November 2003.
2002-01-15 2003-11-30
  • Repatriated on 30 November 2003.
2002-01-18 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-01-18 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-01-17 2003-11-18
  • Repatriated on 18 November 2003.
2002-01-17 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-01-18 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • The US Department of Defense reports that he was born on January 8, 1974, in Budho, Pakistan.
  • He spent a further nine months in Pakistani custody upon his repatriation.
2002-05-03 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-01-18 2002-10-28
  • Saghir was one of the first four detainees to be released from Guantanamo.[13]
  • Saghir is suing the United States for $10.4 million for the torture and abuse he reports he endured.[14]
  • Saghir has been frequently sought out for interviews.[15] [16]
  • Repatriated on 28 October 2002.[17]
2002-01-17 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-01-15 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-01-18 2003-07-16
2002-01-18 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • American intelligence analysts estimate that he was born in 1980, in Bahawal Nagar, Pakistan.
  • He spent a further nine months in Pakistani custody upon his repatriation.
2002-01-21 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
2002-06-12 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-06-12 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • Alleged to have traveled to Afghanistan to fight "hindus".[18]
2002-02-07 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-02-08 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-02-11 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-02-12 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
2002-02-09 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
2002-02-17 2004-09-17
  • Was one of 17 Pakistanis freed from Pakistani custody, approximately seven months after being repatriated from Guantanamo to Pakistan. June 28, 2005.
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-06-12 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
2002-06-12 2003-05-09
  • Repatriated on 9 May 2003.
  • Shah Mohammed, one of the other Pakistani men released at the same time he was, told the BBC that they were given psychoactive drugs, and that Jehan Wali had not spoken for eight months.[19]
2002-05-05 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-05-03 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-06-12 2004-03-14
  • Repatriated on 14 March 2004.
2002-05-03 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-06-16 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-10-28 2004-09-17
2002-06-16 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2002-06-16 2004-03-14
  • Repatriated on 14 March 2004.
2002-06-12 2003-07-16
  • Repatriated on 16 July 2003.
2002-06-16 2005-03-11
  • Repatriated on 11 March 2005.
2002-05-01 2005-08-19
  • Determined not to be an "enemy combatant" after all.[21]
2002-06-12 2003-11-18
  • Repatriated on 18 November 2003.
2002-06-16 2004-03-14
  • Repatriated on 14 March 2004.
2003-03-23 2008-08-31
  • Repatriated on 31 August 2008.
2002-10-28 2003-11-18
  • Repatriated on 18 November 2003.
2003-02-07 2004-09-17
  • Was minor when captured.
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • The Daily Times reported that Sultan Ahmad and sixteen other former captives were released from Pakistani custody on June 28, 2005.
2003-02-07 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2003-05-09 2004-09-17
  • Described horrific abuse in Sheberghan Prison, Bagram and Guantanamo.[22] [23]
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
  • The Daily Times reported that Bashir Ahmed and sixteen other former captives were released from Pakistani custody on June 28, 2005.
2003-05-09 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2003-05-09 2006-10-11
  • Repatriated on 11 October 2006.
Mohammed Akbar 2003-05-09 2004-09-17
  • Repatriated on 17 September 2004.
2004-09-20
  • Was held in the CIA's dark prison prior to transfer to Guantanamo.
2004-09-20
  • Was held in the CIA's dark prison prior to transfer to Guantanamo.
2006-09-06
  • Was held in the CIA's black sites prior to transfer to Guantanamo.
2006-09-06
  • Was held in the CIA's black sites prior to transfer to Guantanamo.
  • Was waterboarded in CIA custody
  • Confessed to a role in practically every terrorist attack of the last fifteen years.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006. United States Department of Defense. 2006-05-15.
  2. News: Haqqani meets US officials, discusses release of Pakistanis at Guantanamo . Daily Times (Pakistan). 2008-09-07. 2008-09-12.
  3. News: Jamrud resident freed from Gitmo after four years . . 2010-03-08 . Saeed Zaman Afridi . https://archive.today/20100310010318/http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=227754 . 2010-03-10 . dead.
  4. News: 17 ex-Gitmo detainees freed. https://archive.today/20070808112008/http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/june-2005/28/index7.php. dead. August 8, 2007. The Nation (Pakistani newspaper). June 28, 2005. 2007-01-21.
  5. News: The Point: Disturbing line Palin tossed off in address . . Mark Bowden . Mark Bowden . 2008-09-21 . 2009-01-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081025021335/http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20080921_The_Point__Disturbing_line_Palin_tossed_off_in_address.html . October 25, 2008 .
  6. News: 17 ex-Guantanamo prisoners released. June 28, 2005. Daily Times. 2007-01-21.
  7. News: Guantanamo Inmate Database: Zia Khalid Najib . . Tom Lasseter . Tom Lasseter . June 15, 2008 . 2008-06-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080620003804/http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/6 . June 20, 2008.
  8. Web site: Summarized Unsworn Detainee Statement. 70–71. United States Department of Defense. OARDEC. 2009-01-27. 2016-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20161018181601/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/Reading_Room/Detainee_Related/Set_41_2665-2727.pdf#70. dead.
  9. https://www.theguardian.com/guantanamo/story/0,13743,1098604,00.html People the law forgot
  10. News: Guantanamo Inmate Database: Issa Khan . . Tom Lasseter . Tom Lasseter . June 15, 2008 . 2008-06-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080620003814/http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/7 . June 20, 2008.
  11. News: Guantanamo Inmate Database: Asadullah Jan . . Tom Lasseter . Tom Lasseter . June 15, 2008 . 2008-06-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080620105856/http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/8 . June 20, 2008. mirror
  12. News: Guantanamo Inmate Database: Munir Naseer . . Tom Lasseter . Tom Lasseter . June 15, 2008 . 2008-06-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080804180926/http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/12 . August 4, 2008.
  13. News: Afghans Describe Life Inside Gitmo . . October 29, 2002 . 2008-06-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080516070503/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/02/attack/main531326.shtml . May 16, 2008.
  14. News: Pakistani says life in ruins after Guantanamo jail . . September 11, 2006 . 2008-06-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930224048/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2006/September/subcontinent_September417.xml&section=subcontinent . 2007-09-30. - mirror
  15. News: Cuba:Escape from Camp Delta . March 11, 2004 . . 2007-07-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204741/http://www.indexonline.org/en/news/articles/2003/1/the-guantnamo-archipelago.shtml . September 27, 2007.
  16. News: Guantanamo Inmate Database: Mohammed Sagheer . . Tom Lasseter . Tom Lasseter . June 15, 2008 . 2008-06-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080920043110/http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/17 . September 20, 2008 . dead. mirror
  17. News: Consolidate chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased . . OARDEC . OARDEC . 2008-10-09 . 2008-12-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081227004519/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/09-F-0031_doc1.pdf . 2008-12-27 .
  18. http://www.dod.mil/pub/foi/detainees/detainees.pdf#17 Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf)
  19. News: Pakistani relives Guantanamo ordeal. BBC News. Haroon Rashid. 2003-05-23. 2009-01-09.
  20. News: Guantanamo Inmate Database: Mohammed Omar . . Tom Lasseter . Tom Lasseter . June 15, 2008 . 2008-06-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080622230950/http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/34 . June 22, 2008.
  21. News: Detainees Found to No Longer Meet the Definition of "Enemy Combatant" during Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo. United States Department of Defense. November 19, 2007. 2008-03-01. 2018-12-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20181215115511/http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2008/03/27/20/NLEC_DetaineeList.source.prod_affiliate.56.pdf. dead.
  22. News: Guantanamo Inmate Database: Bashir Ahmad . . 2008-06-14 . Tom Lasseter . https://web.archive.org/web/20090105234731/http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/46 . 2009-01-05 . dead.
  23. News: The Guantánamo Files: Website Extras (7) – From Sheberghan to Kandahar . February 6, 2009 . Andy Worthington . Andy Worthington . https://web.archive.org/web/20100217203610/http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/the-guantanamo-files-website-extras-7-from-sheberghan-to-kandahar/ . 2010-02-17 . dead.