Solaiman Dur Mohammed Shah
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Solaiman Dur Mohammed Shah is a citizen of Afghanistan
who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in Cuba
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His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 119.
American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1977, in Panjwaee, Afghanistan. He was repatriated on March 23, 2003.
The Department of Defense published height and weight records for the captives in March 2007.
Almost all of those weight records also stated when the captive arrived in Guantanamo.
Solaiman is one of the few exceptions, and his arrival time is not known.
On November 25, 2009, the Department of Defense published a list of the dates captives were transferred from Guantanamo.
Sulaiman Shah, and the other released captives, were given a one set of western clothes, including running shoes, and a knapsack to hold their medical records.
Most of the men needed to call on charity in order to travel home.
Sulaiman Shah, who described himself as a "businessman", said he was captured for no reason.
He said he was generally treated well, but added: "I was in such a small [cell] and couldn't go outside for many days, My toilet was next to my bed, and it was a very bad way to live."
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 119.
American intelligence analysts estimate he was born in 1977, in Panjwaee, Afghanistan. He was repatriated on March 23, 2003.
The Department of Defense published height and weight records for the captives in March 2007.
Almost all of those weight records also stated when the captive arrived in Guantanamo.
Solaiman is one of the few exceptions, and his arrival time is not known.
Release
The Washington Post reported that a captive named Sulaiman Shah was one of eighteen men repatriated to Afghanistan on March 22, 2003, and released with a certificate of innocence by Afghan authorities on March 26, 2003.On November 25, 2009, the Department of Defense published a list of the dates captives were transferred from Guantanamo.
Sulaiman Shah, and the other released captives, were given a one set of western clothes, including running shoes, and a knapsack to hold their medical records.
Most of the men needed to call on charity in order to travel home.
Sulaiman Shah, who described himself as a "businessman", said he was captured for no reason.
He said he was generally treated well, but added: "I was in such a small [cell] and couldn't go outside for many days, My toilet was next to my bed, and it was a very bad way to live."