Azzimuddin (detainee)
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Azzimuddin is a citizen of Afghanistan
who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Bagram Theater Internment Facility
, in Afghanistan.
He was released on May 15, 2010, after approximately three months of detention.
Ten other Afghans were released at the same time as he was. The Miami Herald described their release as a symbolic gesture.
According to the Miami Herald, he told reporters he spent his first two weeks in Bagram's secret "black prison".
He told reporters he spent a further three months in the main Bagram prison, where he underwent daily interrogations.
He told reporters his interrogators believed he had helped arm the Taliban, but that they eventually concluded he was innocent.
According to the Miami Herald Captain Jack Hanzlik, a military spokesman, disputed that the USA was operating any secret prisons.
On January 15, 2010, the Department of Defense complied with a court order and published a list of Detainees held in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility
.
There were 645 names on the list, which was dated September 22, 2009, and was heavily redacted.
Azzimuddin's name isn't on that list.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
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...
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...
, in Afghanistan.
He was released on May 15, 2010, after approximately three months of detention.
Ten other Afghans were released at the same time as he was. The Miami Herald described their release as a symbolic gesture.
According to the Miami Herald, he told reporters he spent his first two weeks in Bagram's secret "black prison".
He told reporters he spent a further three months in the main Bagram prison, where he underwent daily interrogations.
He told reporters his interrogators believed he had helped arm the Taliban, but that they eventually concluded he was innocent.
According to the Miami Herald Captain Jack Hanzlik, a military spokesman, disputed that the USA was operating any secret prisons.
On January 15, 2010, the Department of Defense complied with a court order and published a list of Detainees held in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility
Detainees held in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility
On January 16, 2010, the United States Department of Defense complied with a court order and made public a heavily redacted list of the detainees held in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility.Detainees started to be held...
.
There were 645 names on the list, which was dated September 22, 2009, and was heavily redacted.
Azzimuddin's name isn't on that list.