Haji Wazir (Bagram detainee)

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Wazir
Arrested2002
United Arab Emirates
Citizenship Afghanistan
Detained at  Bagram Theater Internment Facility
Charge(s)No charge
StatusHeld in extrajudicial detention (his habeas corpus petition was dismissed)

Haji Wazir is a citizen of Afghanistan who was taken into custody in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in 2002, [1] and has, since then, been held in extrajudicial detention as an enemy combatant in the United States' Bagram Theater internment facility. [2] He is notable because he is one of the very few detainees in Bagram who has had a writ of habeas corpus filed on his behalf. [3] [4] [5]

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The US government falsely claimed in a motion to dismiss his habeas corpus petition that Wazir was detained in Karachi, Pakistan, but later corrected itself in a January 2009 legal filing, though public documents redact the location he was listed as truly being detained. They contended that the location of his detainment would not have any effect on his lack of legal rights, which they argue is due to his non-citizen status. [1]

According to Lal Gul, chairman of the Afghan Human Rights Organization, Haji Wazir: "is not a commander, not a member of the Taliban or al-Qaeda. He is a businessman." [3]

Wazir is one of the sixteen Guantanamo captives whose amalgamated habeas corpus submissions were heard by US District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton on January 31, 2007. [6] [7] Released detainee Jawed Ahmad, an Afghan reporter, said that during his imprisonment at Bagram from 2007 to 2008, he shared a cell with Wazir for 5 months. During that time, he says that Wazir described being tortured in the first 6 months of his detention. [1]

On June 29, 2009 US District Court Judge John D. Bates ruled that Wazir, unlike non-Afghans held in Bagram, was not entitled to pursue his habeas corpus petition. [8] [9] [10]

Personal life

Wazir reportedly has seven children and ran a foreign currency exchange business in Afghanistan and Dubai. As of February of 2009, he was 50 years old. [1]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Overreach at Bagram". Washington Post . 2009-01-07. p. A14. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
  3. 1 2 Del Quentin Wilber (2008-06-29). "In Courts, Afghanistan Air Base May Become Next Guantanamo". Washington Post . p. A14. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
  4. ↑ Lyle Denniston (2009-01-07). "Analysis: Some overseas extension of habeas?". Scotusblog. Archived from the original on January 8, 2009. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
  5. ↑ Gilmore, Andrew (2 April 2009). "Federal judge lets Afghanistan detainees habeas challenges proceed". JURIST news. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  6. ↑ Reggie B. Walton (January 31, 2007). "Gherebi, et al. v. Bush" (PDF). United States Department of Justice. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2007. Retrieved May 19, 2007.
  7. ↑ Weaver, Christopher (28 January 2009). "Pentagon Keeps Mum on Who's at Bagram". ProPublica. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  8. ↑ Nedra Pickler (2009-06-29). "Judge denies Afghan's challenge to detention". The Guardian . Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  9. ↑ Bates, John D. (29 June 2009). "UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: HAJI WAZIR, et al., Petitioners, v. ROBERT GATES, et al., Respondents" (PDF). GovInfo. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  10. ↑ Bates, John D. (29 June 2009). "MEMORANDUM OPINION". U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
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