| Walid al Qadasi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1980 (age 31–32) |
| Arrested | Iran |
| Released | Yemen |
| Citizenship | Yemen |
| Detained at | the dark prison, Guantanamo |
| Alternate name | Walid Mohammed Shahir |
| ISN | 1014 |
| Charge(s) | No charge (held in extrajudicial detention) |
| Status | Repatriated |
| Children | 2 children |
Walid al Qadasi is a citizen of Yemen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] He also reports being held in the dark prison one of the CIA's network of secret interrogation camps.[2][3]
He was the first Yemeni captive to be repatriated.[4]
He reports that he remembers being given an injection in Guantanamo, and then waking up in a prison in Yemen, where he spent at least another two years in Yemeni custody.[3]
Mother Jones magazine lists him as a captive who was tortured in "the dark prison".[5]
Michelle Shephard, writing in the Toronto Star, traveled to Yemen in September 2009, and reported on interviews with three former Yemeni captives.[4] Walid was held without charge for a further two years in Yemeni custody.
He says he was not captured in Afghanistan or Pakistan.[4] Rather he was in Iran, where he says he was looking for work. In the months following the American overthrow of the Taliban Iranian security official cooperated with the USA. They handed over a dozen foreigners to the Americans. Walid claims he was "sold" to the Americans.
Walid's wife has left him, because he cannot find work.[4]
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