🚨BREAKING: Oldest Guantánamo detainee released after almost 20 years detained without charge or trial.
This is a huge win but Saifullah Paracha, 75, returns to his family a frail old man, after being taken in the prime of his life. That injustice can never be rectified. 🧵
This is a huge win but Saifullah Paracha, 75, returns to his family a frail old man, after being taken in the prime of his life. That injustice can never be rectified. 🧵
Thank you to everyone who helped campaign for Saifullah’s release.
He once described life at Guantánamo as “being alive in your own grave”.
US embrace of indefinite detention without trial has done lasting damage. We can only begin to repair it when we #CloseGuantánamo
He once described life at Guantánamo as “being alive in your own grave”.
US embrace of indefinite detention without trial has done lasting damage. We can only begin to repair it when we #CloseGuantánamo
Saifullah was a successful businessman and philanthropist, kidnapped by US personnel while in Thailand on a business trip.
He was rendered to Bagram air base, a US black site notorious for horrific torture of detainees. A year later, he was flown to Guantánamo in shackles.
He was rendered to Bagram air base, a US black site notorious for horrific torture of detainees. A year later, he was flown to Guantánamo in shackles.
His health severely deteriorated during US custody, including two heart attacks.
He was unanimously cleared for release in May 2021 by US security agencies but has only now been released and repatriated to Pakistan.
He was unanimously cleared for release in May 2021 by US security agencies but has only now been released and repatriated to Pakistan.
Saifullah is finally being reunited with his family but Ahmed Rabbani, Abdul Malik Bajabu and Khalid Qasim are still in Guantánamo, with no idea when they’ll be let out even though they’ve all been cleared for release.
Tell Biden to release them now ✍️ secure.reprieve.org/page/96814/pet…
Tell Biden to release them now ✍️ secure.reprieve.org/page/96814/pet…
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