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Ghalib (Guantanamo detainee 987)
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Haji Ghalib is a citizen of Afghanistan
who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 987. The Department of Defense
estimates he was born in 1963, in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Ghalib was repatriated on February 28, 2007 after four years without ever being charged.
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 detention camps, 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...
. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 987. The Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
estimates he was born in 1963, in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. Ghalib was repatriated on February 28, 2007 after four years without ever being charged.