Zakim Shah
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Zakim Shah was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 898.
JTF-GTMO estimates that he was born in 1983, in
Tora Oba, Afghanistan.
, Afghanistan.
He was captured on December 1, 2002, the same day as taxi driver Dilawar, and his passengers,
Abdur Rahim and two other men who have not been identified.
Bagram Theater detention facility.
Unlike Dilawar Zakim Shah and Abdur Rahim survived their stay in Bagram.
Zakim Shah told the New York Times he was kept ten days in an isolation cell. He said:
During an interview with the New York Times Zakim Shah described female guards sexually humiliating himself and other captives.
published records of the captives' height and weights.
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
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Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
Cuba
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.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 898.
JTF-GTMO estimates that he was born in 1983, in
Tora Oba, Afghanistan.
Capture
The New York Times reports that Zakim Shah was a married father of two who farmed near KhostKhost
Khost or Khowst is a city in eastern Afghanistan. It is the capital of Khost province, which is a mountainous region near Afghanistan's border with Pakistan...
, Afghanistan.
He was captured on December 1, 2002, the same day as taxi driver Dilawar, and his passengers,
Abdur Rahim and two other men who have not been identified.
Bagram detention
Like Dilawar, Abdur Rahim, and Dilawar's other two passengers, Zakim Shah was sent to theBagram Theater detention facility.
Unlike Dilawar Zakim Shah and Abdur Rahim survived their stay in Bagram.
Zakim Shah told the New York Times he was kept ten days in an isolation cell. He said:
During an interview with the New York Times Zakim Shah described female guards sexually humiliating himself and other captives.
Guantanamo detention
In late December Zakim Shah and Abdur Rahim were transferred to Guantanamo. Zakim Shah told the New York Times:Repatriation and release
Zakim Shah, Abdur Rahim were transferred to Pakistani custody on March 15, 2004. He told the New York Times:Medical records
On March 16, 2007 the Department of DefenseUnited States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
published records of the captives' height and weights.