Asadullah Jan

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Asadullah Jan
Born Swahbi, Pakistan [1]
Citizenship Pakistan
Detained at  Guantanamo
Other name(s) Asad Ullah
ISN 47
Charge(s)No charge (held in extrajudicial detention)
StatusRepatriated 16 July 2003

Asadullah Jan is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. [2] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 47. Joint Task Force -- Guantanamo analysts estimate he was born in 1981. However, he says he was only sixteen when he was captured in 2001.

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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". However, in interviews with reporters with the McClatchy News Service in 2008, he said his name was "Asadullah Jan".

He was repatriated July 16, 2003. [3]

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. [4] Asadullah Jan was one of three former captives who had an article profiling him. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

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 in 2001. [10] [11] 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. [10]

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:

"We were sitting on the ground, in winter, with no blanket. I had bruises on my body from the beating; my bones hurt." [10]

Asadullah Jan told his interviewer he personally saw a guard drop a Koran into a latrine. [10]

Asadullah Jan told his interviewer he was plagued by memories of Guantanamo, that mention of the USA would bring back troubling recollections. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Asad Ullah: JTF-GTMO Detainee Assessment". US Department of Defense. New York Times. 8 February 2003.
  2. ↑ "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense . Retrieved 2006-05-15.
  3. ↑ OARDEC (2008-10-09). "Consolidate chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased" (PDF). Department of Defense. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  4. ↑ Tom Lasseter (June 15, 2008). "Guantanamo Inmate Database: Page 3". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2008-06-17. mirror
  5. ↑ Tom Lasseter (June 18, 2008). "U.S. hasn't apologized to or compensated ex-detainees". Myrtle Beach Sun. Archived from the original on 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
  6. ↑ Tom Lasseter (June 15, 2008). "Pentagon declined to answer questions about detainees". McClatchy News Service. Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-20.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ↑ Tom Lasseter (June 16, 2008). "Documents undercut Pentagon's denial of routine abuse". McClatchy News Service. Archived from the original on 19 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-20.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ↑ Tom Lasseter (June 19, 2008). "Deck stacked against detainees in legal proceedings". McClatchy News Service. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-20.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ↑ Tom Lasseter (June 16, 2008). "U.S. abuse of detainees was routine at Afghanistan bases". McClatchy News Service. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-20.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tom Lasseter (June 15, 2008). "Guantanamo Inmate Database: Asadullah Jan". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-16. mirror
  11. ↑ Ramadan coincided with November in 2001.
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