Mohammed Saghir
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Mohammed Saghir (also transliterated Mohammed Sanghir) is an elderly Pakistani who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.
The official list of detainees, released May 15, 2006, estimates Saghir was born in 1952, in Khohestan.[1] Saghir's Guantanamo detainee ID is 143.
When The Guardian interviewd Saghir, following his release, on October 22, 2002, they estimated he was in his sixties.[2]
Saghir was one the first four detainees to be released from Guantanamo. [3][4] He was the first Pakistani to be released from Guantanamo.
Saghir was released together with two even more elderly Afghan men, and one younger Afghan man.
[edit] Suing the USA
Saghir is suing the United States for $10.4 million dollars for the torture and abuse he reports he endured.[5]
[edit] See also
- Mohammed Hagi Fiz
- Mohammed Sadiq
- Jan Mohammed
[edit] References
- ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
- ^ 'They interrogated us for hours', The Guardian, October 22, 2002
- ^ Afghans Describe Life Inside Gitmo CBS News, October 29, 2002
- ^ The oldest of the old: First 'hardcore' suspects freed from Camp Delta.. three Afghans, combined age 196, The Mirror, October 30, 2002
- ^ Pakistani says life in ruins after Guantanamo jail, Khaleej Times, September 11, 2006 - - mirror
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