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Haji Wazir is a citizen of Afghanistan who was captured in Pakistan in 2002, and held since then in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Bagram Theater internment facility.[1] He is notable because he is one of the very few detainees in Bagram who has had a writ of habeas corpus filed on his behalf.[2][3]

According to Lal Gul, chairman of the Afghan Human Rights Organization, Haji Wazir: "is not a commander, not a member of the Taliban or al-Qaeda. He is a businessman."[2]

Wazir is one of the sixteen Guantanamo captives whose amalgamated habeas corpus submissions were heard by US District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton on January 31, 2007.[4]

On June 29 2009 US District Court Judge John D. Bates ruled that Wazir, unlike non-Afghans held in Bagram, was not entitled to pursue his habeas corpus petition.[5] The Guardian reported that Wazir was apprehended in the United Arab Emirates.

References[]

  1. Overreach at Bagram [1] 2009-01-07
  2. 2.0 2.1 In Courts, Afghanistan Air Base May Become Next Guantanamo [2] Del Quentin Wilber 2008-06-29
  3. Analysis: Some overseas extension of habeas? [3] Lyle Denniston 2009-01-07[dead link]
  4. Reggie B. Walton (January 31, 2007). "Gherebi, et al. v. Bush". United States Department of Justice. http://www.pegc.us/archive/In_re_Gitmo/order_RBW_20070131.pdf. Retrieved May 19, 2007. 
  5. Judge denies Afghan's challenge to detention [4] Nedra Pickler 2009-06-29
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