Sada Jan
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Syed Ajan or Sada Jan is a citizen of Afghanistan
who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in Cuba
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 1035.
The Department of Defense
reports he was born in Konar, Afghanistan.
Guantanamo intelligence analysts provided the date of birth, or an estimated year of birth for all but 20 of the first 759 acknowledged captives. Ajan is one of the 20 whose age has not been made public.
Ajan was transferred to Afghanistan on October 11, 2006.
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...
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in 2002 by the Bush Administration to hold detainees from the war in Afghanistan and later Iraq...
s, 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...
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His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 1035.
The Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
reports he was born in Konar, Afghanistan.
Guantanamo intelligence analysts provided the date of birth, or an estimated year of birth for all but 20 of the first 759 acknowledged captives. Ajan is one of the 20 whose age has not been made public.
Ajan was transferred to Afghanistan on October 11, 2006.
External links
- From beginning to end, Syed Ajan repeated it like a mantra: He was a district chief appointed by the Interior Ministry of the government of U.S.-backed Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
- The Guantánamo Files: Website Extras (12) – The Last of the Afghans (Part Two) Andy Worthington
- Video Syed Ajan was a member of Afghan Prime Minister Hamid Karzai's administration but was apparently framed by local rivals from a nearby village and arrested.