Shafiq Rasul (born 15 April 1977) is a British citizen who was a
detainee
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held at
Guantanamo Bay by the
United States
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, which treated him an
unlawful combatant
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The Internat ...
. His detainee
ID number was 86.
His family discovered his detention when the
British Foreign Office
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contacted them on 21 January 2002. He was released in March 2004, shortly after his return to the
United Kingdom
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, more than three months before ''
Rasul v. Bush'' was decided.
[
In August 2004, Rasul, Asif Iqbal, and ]Ruhal Ahmed
Ruhal Ahmed (also spelled Rhuhel Ahmed) (born 3 November 1981) is a British citizen who was detained without trial for over two years by the United States government, beginning in Afghanistan in 2001, and then in the Guantanamo Bay detention ca ...
, all from Tipton
Tipton is an industrial town in the West Midlands in England with a population of around 38,777 at the 2011 UK Census. It is located northwest of Birmingham.
Tipton was once one of the most heavily industrialised towns in the Black Country, w ...
- and known as the ' Tipton Three' - compiled a report on their abuse and humiliation while in US custody.[
In '' Rasul v. Rumsfeld'', plaintiffs Rasul, Asif Iqbal, Ruhal Ahmed, and Jamal Al-Harith, four former Guantánamo Bay detainees, sued former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. They charge that illegal interrogation tactics were permitted to be used against them by Secretary Rumsfeld and the military ]chain of command
A command hierarchy is a group of people who carry out orders based on others' authority within the group. It can be viewed as part of a power structure, in which it is usually seen as the most vulnerable and also the most powerful part.
Milit ...
.
The Hague Justice Portal gives access to the official Court documents related to the ''Rasul v. Bush'' case.[
In late February 2017, ]ISIL
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spokesmen issued a press release, stating that Jamal al-Harith, another former Guantanamo captive, had traveled to Iraq, and had used a suicide bomb to attack a military site there.[ Rasul denounced the attack, asserted that there was "no excuse" for the attack, and that he had been able to move past his experiences, and didn't understand why al-Harith hadn't.
]
References
External links
Guantanamo Bay guard meets 'Tipton 3' ex-prisoners
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