Nasrat Khan
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Administrative Review Board hearing
Detainees who were determined to have been properly classified as "enemy combatants" were scheduled to have their dossier reviewed at annual Administrative Review BoardAdministrative Review Board
The Administrative Review Board is a United States military body that conducts an annual review of the suspects held by the United States in Camp Delta in the United States Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....
hearings. The Administrative Review Boards weren't authorized to review whether a detainee qualified for POW status, and they weren't authorized to review whether a detainee should have been classified as an "enemy combatant".
They were authorized to consider whether a detainee should continue to be detained by the United States, because they continued to pose a threat - or whether they could safely be repatriated to the custody of their home country, or whether they could be set free.
Khan chose to participate in his Administrative Review Board hearing.
The following primary factors favor continued detention
The following primary factor favor release or transfer
Witness at other Tribunals
Khan was interviewed, and provided a statement for HamidullahHamidullah (Guantanamo detainee 1119)
Hamidullah is a citizen of Afghanistan currently held in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts estimate he was born in 1963, in Kabul, Afghanistan....
's Tribunal.
He confirmed that Hamidullah had only been a teenager when he had been in the HiG, and that he had been a deserter.
Habeas Corpus
Philadelphia lawyer Peter M. Ryanis representing Khan in his habeas corpus
Habeas corpus
is a writ, or legal action, through which a prisoner can be released from unlawful detention. The remedy can be sought by the prisoner or by another person coming to his aid. Habeas corpus originated in the English legal system, but it is now available in many nations...
motion.
Khan's age
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
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newspaper, The Guardian
The Guardian
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, republished an Associated Press
Associated Press
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article, devoted to Khan, which speculated about his age.
The article says the USA estimates Khan's age as 71. It says that Khan doesn't know his age for sure, but believes he is about 78. The article states that Khan requires a walker.
Return to Afghanistan
Khan was reported to have been one of five Afghans returned to Afghanistan on August 28, 2006.Peter M. Ryan, one of Khan's lawyers, learned of his return by e-mail from the DoD, on the following weekend, and never did learn the reason for Khan's detention.
Ryan initially expressed concerns whether Khan could expect the Afghan authorities to free him, upon his return, or whether they would put him in the Afghan prison system., but Khan did not ultimately face arrest upon his return to Afghanistan.
Guantanamo Medical records
On 16 March 2007 the Department of DefenseUnited States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
published medical records for the detainees.
See also
- Hiztullah Yar Nasrat his son formerly detained at Guantanamo
- Mohammed Sadiq another elderly prisoner held at Guantanamo
- Haji Faiz Mohammed elderly prisoner held at Guantanamo
External links
- America's prison for terrorists often held the wrong men McClatchyMcClatchy-Surname:* Carlos K. McClatchy, president of The McClatchy Company; grandson of Charles Kenny McClatchy* Charles Kenny McClatchy , editor of the Sacramento Bee and founder of The McClatchy Company...
June 15, 2008 - Nusrat Khan McClatchyMcClatchy-Surname:* Carlos K. McClatchy, president of The McClatchy Company; grandson of Charles Kenny McClatchy* Charles Kenny McClatchy , editor of the Sacramento Bee and founder of The McClatchy Company...
- Guantánamo: The Stories of Three Innocent Jordanians and an Afghan, Just Released Andy Worthington