Ghulam Farooq (detainee)

Ghulam Farooq
Detained at Bagram
Other name(s)  
ISN1442
Charge(s)no charge, extrajudicial detention

On January 15, 2010, the Department of Defense complied with a court order and published a list of Captives held in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility that included the name Haji Ghulam Farooq.[1][2][3]

There were 645 names on the list, which was dated September 22, 2009, and was heavily redacted.[1][2]

According to historian Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, Ghulam Farooq was released on May 15, 2010.[4][5] Worthington reported that Ghulam was one of the first captives to be released following the newly instituted Detainee Review Board. He was released with nine other men. Their release ceremony was attended by some senior American and Afghan officials, including Lieutenant General John R. Allen. According to reporters from the McClatchy News Service Ghulam told the officials he was innocent, and "he was afraid he was forever tarnished as a suspect who could be scooped up again at any time."

References

  1. ^ a b "Bagram detainees" (PDF). Department of Defense. 2009-09-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-24.
  2. ^ a b Andy Worthington (2010-01-19). "Dark Revelations in the Bagram Prisoner List". truthout. Archived from the original on 2010-01-23.
  3. ^ Andy Worthington (2010-01-26). "Bagram: The First Ever Prisoner List (The Annotated Version)". Archived from the original on 2010-01-31.
  4. ^ Andy Worthington (2010-06-04). "What is Obama Doing at Bagram? (Part Two): Executive Detention, Rendition, Review Boards, Released Prisoners and Trials". Archived from the original on 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  5. ^ Dion Nissenbaum, Hashim Shukoor (2010-05-15). "U.S. releases Afghan prisoners in bid to mend relations". Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2010-06-05.