[Pnews] Ahmed Rabbani cleared for release from Guantánamo

[Prisoner News]

Ahmed Rabbani cleared for release from Guantánamo
Reprieve


  *Ahmed Rabbani cleared for release from Guantánamo*

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OCTOBER 22, 2021

Ahmed Rabbani has been unanimously cleared for release from Guantánamo 
by the Periodic Review Board.

The Board is made up of senior officials from six US agencies, including 
the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Departments 
of Defence, Homeland Security, Justice and State.

In 2002, Ahmed was falsely identified as wanted man Hassan Ghul and sold 
to US personnel in Pakistan. Although they soon realised they had the 
wrong man, they took him to Afghanistan and tortured him in black sites 
for 545 days. The abuse he was subjected to is documented in the US 
Senate torture report 
<https://reprieve.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d176b31fc0ccbde9f3f3a6349&id=bdbb28ad0b&e=f8755a10f3>.

He has been detained without charge or trial by the US for 19 years, the 
last 17 of them at Guantánamo. He has never met his son, Jawad, who was 
born after he was taken into US custody.

Reprieve welcomes Ahmed's clearance and now urges the US to make speedy 
arrangements for his transfer to Pakistan, so that he may be reunited 
with his family.

*Reprieve's Guantánamo attorney Mark Maher said:*

"Ahmed's clearance is long overdue. For those of us who have supported 
him, the feeling is one of relief, tempered with sadness for all he has 
lost. The PRB result is a positive step, but we won't celebrate until he 
is back with his family in Pakistan and able to hug his 19-year-old son 
for the first time."



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