Asadullah Jan
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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. But he says he was only sixteen when he was captured in 2001.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts assert he is a citizen of Pakistan. He said he was a child of Afghan refugees, who was born in Pakistan.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts assert his name was "Asad Ullah".
But in interviews with reporters with the McClatchy News Service in 2008 he said his name was "Asadullah Jan".
He was repatriated 16 July 2003.
Asadullah Jan
was one of thee former captives who had an article profiling him.
Asadullah Jan explained that he was returning from a visit to relatives in Zormat when he was stopped at a checkpoint in Kohat, Pakistan and apprehended around the time of Ramadan
, 2001.
He was held in Pakistan, for approximately a month before his first interrogation by Americans.
His first interview was by a woman and two men, in civilian clothes, at the Pakistani jail.
His interpreter said they were with the CIA, although they didn't identify themselves. He told his McClatchy interviewer their questions surprised him—apparently Pakistani security officials had told them he was a son of Osama bin Laden
. The CIA officials had him transferred to US custody in the Kandahar detention facility. Guards beat him brutally upon his arrival, and routinely beat him and other captives, while he was detained there. His interrogators however never beat him. He described the conditions in the camp as primitive:
Asadullah Jan told his interviewer he personally saw a guard drop a Koran into a latrine.
Asadullah Jan told his interviewer he was plagued by memories of Guantanamo, that mention of the USA would bring back troubling recollections.
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 held in extrajudicial detention
Extrajudicial detention
Arbitrary or extrajudicial detention is the detention of individuals by a state, without ever laying formal charges against them.Although it has a long history of legitimate use in wartime , detention without charge, sometimes in secret, has been one of the hallmarks of totalitarian states...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, 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...
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 47.
Joint Task Force -- Guantanamo analysts estimate he was born in 1981. But he says he was only sixteen when he was captured in 2001.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts assert he is a citizen of Pakistan. He said he was a child of Afghan refugees, who was born in Pakistan.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo analysts assert his name was "Asad Ullah".
But in interviews with reporters with the McClatchy News Service in 2008 he said his name was "Asadullah Jan".
He was repatriated 16 July 2003.
McClatchy News Service interview
On June 15, 2008 the McClatchy News Service published a series of articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives.Asadullah Jan
was one of thee former captives who had an article profiling him.
Asadullah Jan explained that he was returning from a visit to relatives in Zormat when he was stopped at a checkpoint in Kohat, Pakistan and apprehended around the time of Ramadan
Ramadan
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or 30 days. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex during daylight hours and is intended to teach Muslims about patience, spirituality, humility and...
, 2001.
He was held in Pakistan, for approximately a month before his first interrogation by Americans.
His first interview was by a woman and two men, in civilian clothes, at the Pakistani jail.
His interpreter said they were with the CIA, although they didn't identify themselves. He told his McClatchy interviewer their questions surprised him—apparently Pakistani security officials had told them he was a son of Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
. The CIA officials had him transferred to US custody in the Kandahar detention facility. Guards beat him brutally upon his arrival, and routinely beat him and other captives, while he was detained there. His interrogators however never beat him. He described the conditions in the camp as primitive:
Asadullah Jan told his interviewer he personally saw a guard drop a Koran into a latrine.
Asadullah Jan told his interviewer he was plagued by memories of Guantanamo, that mention of the USA would bring back troubling recollections.