Jehan Wali
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Jihan Wali is a citizen of Pakistan
who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 444.
Jihan Wali was transferred to Pakistan on May 9, 2003.
and Sahibzada Usman Ali.
Wali is from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
.
Only one other Pakistan detainee, elderly Mohammed Saghir
, had been released prior to his release.
Shah Mohammed, one of the other Pakistani men released at the same time he was, told the BBC
that they were given psychoactive drugs, and that Jehan Wali had not spoken for eight months.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
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...
's 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 444.
Jihan Wali was transferred to Pakistan on May 9, 2003.
Repatriation
On May 8, 2003 Wali was released at the same time as two other Pakistanis, Shah MuhammadShah Muhammad
Sha Mohammed Alikhel is a Pakistani who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.On 8 May 2003 Muhammad was released at the same time as two other Pakistanis,Jehan Wali and Sahibzada Usman Ali...
and Sahibzada Usman Ali.
Wali is from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
.
Only one other Pakistan detainee, elderly Mohammed Saghir
Mohammed Saghir
Mohammed Saghir is an elderly Pakistani who was held by the U.S. military in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 143....
, had been released prior to his release.
Shah Mohammed, one of the other Pakistani men released at the same time he was, told the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
that they were given psychoactive drugs, and that Jehan Wali had not spoken for eight months.