Hiztullah Nasrat Yar or Izatullah Nasrat Yar is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held for almost five years in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.<Yar issued a sworn statement in support of his crippled father, Nasrat Khan, who was also detained in Guantanamo before being released in September 2006. Both father and son were represented by attorney Peter M. Ryan, from Dechert.[1]
Izatullah Nasrat Yar is running for office to become an elected Afghan lawmaker in the 2010 fall's legislative elections.[2]
Capture[]
Nasrat was taken prisoner when he was found in a courtyard that contained approximately 700 light arms. He told Americans that he had been among 50 Afghans hired by government official Abdul Rahim Wardak to protect the weapons. His father went to the Army to complain about his son's arrest, and was arrested himself - although no charges or accusations were ever laid against him.[1]
Combatant Status Review[]
- Main article: Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Administrative Review Board[]
Detainees whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal labeled them "enemy combatants" were scheduled for annual Administrative Review Board hearings. These hearings were designed to assess the threat a detainee may pose if released or transferred, and whether there are other factors that warrant his continued detention.[3]
Repatriation[]
The Center for Constitutional Rights reports that all of the Afghans repatriated to Afghanistan from April 2007 were sent to Afghan custody in the American built and supervised wing of the Pul-e-Charkhi prison near Kabul.[4]
Yar spent a further six months in Afghan custody.[2]
Candidate for national office, 2010[]
The Miami Herald reports that Hiztullah is the first "enemy combatant" from Guantanamo Bay to run for Afghanistan's legislature.[2]
See also[]
- Nasrat Khan his elderly father formerly detained at Guantanamo
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fox, Ben. San Francisco Chronicle, "71-year old Gitmo Detainee Released, August 28, 2006
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ex-Guantánamo detainee seeks office in Afghanistan [1] Dion Nissenbaum 2010-08-04[dead link] mirror
- ↑ "Annual Administrative Review Boards for Enemy Combatants Held at Guantanamo Attributable to Senior Defense Officials". March 6, 2007. http://www.defense.gov/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=3902. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
- ↑ International Travel [2] mirror
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