Salahodin Ayubi

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Salahodin Ayubi is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo detainee ID number is 138. The US Department of Defense reports that he was born on March 20, 1974, in Lahore, Pakistan.

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[edit] Identity

Pakistan's Daily Times reports that a man named Salahuddin Ayubi was repatriated to Pakistan in the fall of 2004.[2][3]

[edit] Detention

According to Pakistan's The Nation Salahuddin Ayubi told reporters: “American soldiers having nefarious designs against Muslim Ummah, have been committing desecration of the holy Quran at Guantanamo.”[3] He was also quoted as saying: “Once we saw them throw the Holy Quran in a bucket full of urine,”

[edit] Release

The Daily Times reported that Salahuddin Ayubi was repatriated with sixteen other men. The seventeen men were released from Pakistani custody on June 28, 2005.[2][3] According to Daily Times Punjab's chief minister’s adviser on religious affairs, Maulana Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi, said local authorities wanted to investigate whether the men had been brainwashed and were still involved in any terrorist activity.

There is no record that Salahuddin Ayubi's enemy combatant status was reviewed by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
  2. ^ a b "17 ex-Guantanamo prisoners released", Daily Times, Tuesday, June 28, 2005. Retrieved on January 21. 
  3. ^ a b c "17 ex-Gitmo detainees freed", The Nation (Pakistani newspaper), June 28, 2005. Retrieved on January 21. 
  4. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, April 20, 2006