Wazir (unnumbered Guantanamo detainee)
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Haji Wazir is held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1]
[edit] Habeas corpus submissions
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.[1]
[edit] Identity
The US Department of Defense was forced, by court order, to release the names of the captives taken in the "war on terror" who were held in Guantanamo. On April 20, 2006 they released a list of 558 names, nationalities and ID numbers, of all the captives whose status as "enemy combatants" had been reviewed by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[2] Twenty-five days later they released a list of 759 names, nationalities, ID numbers, dates of birth, and places of birth, of all captives who had been held in military custody in Guantanamo.[3]
Wazir is known to be held in Guantanamo because he is named in Gherebi v. Bush.
Wazir is notable because even though he is clearly in detention in Guantanamo his name is missing from the official lists the DoD has released, at least by that spelling.[2][3]
The official lists the DoD released name several individuals with similar names:
- Captive 631 is listed as Padsha Wazir.[2][3]
- Captive 677 is listed as Wazir Zalim Ghul.[3]
- Captive 976 is listed as Abdullah Wazir.[2][3]
- Captive 996 is listed as Haji Mohammed Wazir.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Reggie B. Walton (January 31, 2007). Gherebi, et al. v. Bush. United States Department of Justice. Retrieved on 2007-05-19.
- ^ a b c d list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, April 20, 2006
- ^ a b c d e f list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
