Haji Wazir (Bagram detainee)

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]

Wazir
Arrested2002
United Arab Emirates
CitizenshipAfghanistan
Detained at Bagram Theater Internment Facility
Charge(s)No charge
StatusHeld in extrajudicial detention (his habeas corpus petition was dismissed)

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". Washington Post. 2009-01-07. p. A14. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
  2. Del Quentin Wilber (2008-06-29). "In Courts, Afghanistan Air Base May Become Next Guantanamo". Washington Post. p. A14. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
  3. Lyle Denniston (2009-01-07). "Analysis: Some overseas extension of habeas?". Scotusblog. Archived from the original on January 8, 2009. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
  4. Reggie B. Walton (January 31, 2007). "Gherebi, et al. v. Bush" (PDF). United States Department of Justice. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2007. Retrieved May 19, 2007.
  5. Nedra Pickler (2009-06-29). "Judge denies Afghan's challenge to detention". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
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