Israr ul Haq

Israr ul Haq
Born 1980 (age 31–32)
Detained at Guantanamo
ISN 515
Charge(s) No charge (held in extrajudicial detention)
Status Repatriated on 14 March 2004

Israr ul Haq is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 515.

He was repatriated on 14 March 2004.[2]

McClatchy News Service interview

On June 15, 2008 the McClatchy News Service published a series of articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives.[3] Israr ul Haq was one of thee former captives who had an article profiling him.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Israr ul Haq told his interviewer he had traveled to Afghanistan in August 2001 because he had health problems and it had been recommended to him that a religious pilgrimage to shrines in Afghanistan would help his health.[9]

He described beating at both the US Kandahar detention facility and the Bagram Theater Internment Facility.[9] He said he had witnessed Koran desecration in Guantanamo.

Israr ul Haq reported that the American interrogators were routinely dishonest with the captives[9]:

"They said the person in the cage next to me said he saw me with al Qaida or Taliban leaders. But the interrogators were lying; no one had told them that. They lied to everybody. They told the men next to me that I had said they were in this battle or that one; but we talked with each other in our cages and realized they were making all of this up."

References

  1. ^ "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006". United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2006-05-15. 
  2. ^ OARDEC (2008-10-09). "Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased". United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/09-F-0031_doc1.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-28. 
  3. ^ Tom Lasseter (June 15, 2008). "Guantanamo Inmate Database: Page 3". Miami Herald. http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/. Retrieved 2008-06-17.  mirror
  4. ^ Tom Lasseter (June 18, 2008). "U.S. hasn't apologized to or compensated ex-detainees". Myrtle Beach Sun. http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/611/story/491372.html. Retrieved 2008-06-18.  mirror
  5. ^ Tom Lasseter (June 15, 2008). "Pentagon declined to answer questions about detainees". McClatchy News Service. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38771.html. Retrieved 2008-06-20.  mirror
  6. ^ Tom Lasseter (June 16, 2008). "Documents undercut Pentagon's denial of routine abuse". McClatchy News Service. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38776.html. Retrieved 2008-06-20.  mirror
  7. ^ Tom Lasseter (June 19, 2008). "Deck stacked against detainees in legal proceedings". McClatchy News Service. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38887.html. Retrieved 2008-06-20.  mirror
  8. ^ Tom Lasseter (June 16, 2008). "U.S. abuse of detainees was routine at Afghanistan bases". McClatchy News Service. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/38775.html. Retrieved 2008-06-20.  mirror
  9. ^ a b c d Tom Lasseter (June 15, 2008). "Guantanamo Inmate Database: Israr ul Haq". Miami Herald. http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/32. Retrieved 2008-06-17.  mirror

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