Redha al-Najar
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Redha al-Najar is a citizen of Tunisia
currently held in US custody in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility
.
He is notable for being one of a very small number of the detainees held in Bagram to have had a writ of habeas corpus submitted on his behalf.
Time magazine reports he was captured at his home in Karachi
, Pakistan
in May 2002.
Time reports he spent two years in the CIA's black sites, before being transferred to Bagram.
Al-Najar is reprepresented by Barbara Olshansky
of Stanford University
's International Human Rights Clinic and Tina Monshipour Foster
of the International Justice Network
.
Redha was not allowed to send a letter until some time in 2003.
On January 15, 2010, the Department of Defense complied with a court order and published a heavily redacted list of Detainees held in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility
.
There were 645 names on the list, which was dated September 22, 2009.
One of the names was Ridha Ahmad Najjar.
Historian Andy Worthington
, author of the The Guantanamo Files,
asserted that this was another transliteration of Redah al-Najar, who he said was
captured in May 2002 in Karachi
, Pakistan
.
Worthington reported he was held in the CIA's "dark prison", the
and several other CIA black sites, including the "Panjshir prison", and two prisons named "Rissat prison" and "Rissat prison 2".
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
currently held in US custody in the 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...
.
He is notable for being one of a very small number of the detainees held in Bagram to have had a writ of habeas corpus submitted on his behalf.
Time magazine reports he was captured at his home in Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
, Pakistan
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...
in May 2002.
Time reports he spent two years in the CIA's black sites, before being transferred to Bagram.
Al-Najar is reprepresented by Barbara Olshansky
Barbara Olshansky
-The Case for Impeachment:Olshansky is author with Dave Lindorff of The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W...
of Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
's International Human Rights Clinic and Tina Monshipour Foster
Tina Monshipour Foster
Tina Monshipour Foster is an American lawyer and director of the International Justice Network.-Legal career:Prior to working in the field of human rights, Foster worked at Clifford Chance LLP in New York City. She later worked for the Center for Constitutional Rights on Guantanamo Bay cases and...
of the International Justice Network
International Justice Network
The International Justice Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to protection of human rights and the rule of law throughout the world...
.
Redha was not allowed to send a letter until some time in 2003.
On January 15, 2010, the Department of Defense complied with a court order and published a heavily redacted 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.
One of the names was Ridha Ahmad Najjar.
Historian Andy Worthington
Andy Worthington
Andy Worthington is a British historian, journalist, and film director.He has published three books, and been published in numerous publications.In 2009 Worthington was the co-director of a documentary about the Guantanamo detainees....
, author of the The Guantanamo Files,
asserted that this was another transliteration of Redah al-Najar, who he said was
captured in May 2002 in Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
, Pakistan
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...
.
Worthington reported he was held in the CIA's "dark prison", the
and several other CIA black sites, including the "Panjshir prison", and two prisons named "Rissat prison" and "Rissat prison 2".