Samiullah Jalatzai
Appearance
Samiullah Jalatzai | |
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Arrested | USA |
Citizenship | Afghanistan |
Detained at | Bagram |
Other name(s) | |
ISN | 3633 |
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 Samiullah Jalatzai.[1][2][3]
According to the International Press Service he and his brother Sighatullah Jalatzai have had habeas corpus petitions filed on their behalf.[4][5] Samiullah was apprehended in his home without explanation, in February 2008. His brother Sibghatullah had worked as a translator for the US military, until his unexplained capture in mid-2008.
References
[edit]- ^ "Bagram detainees" (PDF). Department of Defense. 2009-09-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-24.
- ^ Andy Worthington (2010-01-19). "Dark Revelations in the Bagram Prisoner List". truthout. Archived from the original on 2010-01-23.
- ^ Andy Worthington (2010-01-26). "Bagram: The First Ever Prisoner List (The Annotated Version)". Archived from the original on 2010-01-31.
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"ACLU Files Habeas Corpus Petitions On Behalf Of Four Bagram Detainees". American Civil Liberties Union. 2010-02-26. Archived from the original on 2010-03-04.
One of the petitions filed today is on behalf of Afghan brothers Sibghatullah Jalatzai, who was a translator for the U.S. military for four years before his detention nearly 20 months ago, and Samiullah Jalatzai, who was arrested without explanation at his workplace nearly 23 months ago.
- ^ William Fisher (2010-03-01). "US-AFGHANISTAN: Habeas Challenges for Bagram Prisoners". Inter Press Service. Archived from the original on 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2010-02-02.