Ruhal Ahmed
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 Ruhal Ahmed in 2007 |
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| Born | 11 March 1981 Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| Arrested | General Dostum |
| Detained at | Guantanamo Bay detention camp |
| ISN | 110 |
| Charge(s) | No charge (held in extrajudicial detention) |
| Parents | Riasoth Ahmed (father) |
Ruhal Ahmed (also spelled Rhuhel Ahmed) (Bengali: রুহুল আহমেদ; born 11 March 1981) is a British citizen. He was detained without trial for over two years by the United States government, first in Afghanistan, and then in Camp Delta, the United States prison for people it describes as suspects in its "War on Terror", at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, Cuba. His Internment Serial Number was 110.
Ahmed was released in March 2004.[1]
In August 2004 Ahmed, Shafiq Rasul and Asif Iqbal, all from Tipton, compiled a report on their abuse and humiliation while in US custody.[2] The 2006 film, The Road to Guantánamo is a docu-drama depicting their version of the story of their detention.
In Rasul v. Rumsfeld, plaintiffs Shafiq Rasul, Asif Iqbal, Ruhal Ahmed, and Jamal Udeen Al-Harith, four former Guantánamo Bay internees, sued former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. They charge that illegal interrogation tactics were permitted to be used against them by Rumsfeld and the US military chain of command.
In 2007 Ahmed and Rasul participated in "Lie Lab", a scientific programme on the United Kingdom's Channel 4. Contrary to the account of his presence in Afghanistan to the press and as depicted in The Road to Guantanamo, Ahmed admitted attending an Islamist training camp, where he handled weapons and learned how to use an AK-47. Rasul refused to take the lie detector tests.[3]
Ruhal is of Bangladeshi origin; his father Riasoth Ahmed is Bangladesh-born.[4][5]
Ahmed has been refused a visa to visit Australia to promote The Road to Guantanamo.[6] He has taken part in a campaign against torture, organized by Amnesty International.[7]
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[edit] Comments on the three alleged suicides of 11 June 2006
The Associated Press quoted Ruhal following the announcement of the deaths of three detainees, who were alleged to have committed suicide.[8]
- "There is no hope in Guantanamo. The only thing that goes through your mind day after day is how to get justice or how to kill yourself. It is the despair _ not the thought of martyrdom _ that consumes you there."
- "A Saudi detainee in the cell in front of us had had enough. We could hear him rip up his sheets and tie it to the wire mesh roof of the cell. He jumped off his sink and tried to hang himself. We shouted to the military police and they came and saved him."
- "It's weird because when we left we weren't even that religious, We were young _ average British lads. Obviously if we knew what we were getting ourselves into we would have never gone."
[edit] The McClatchy interview
On 15 June 2008 the McClatchy News Service published articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives. McClatchy reporters interviewed Ruhal Ahmed in Britain.[9][10] Ahmed said when he arrived back in Tipton he was greeted by an effigy clad in an orange Guantanamo coverall, labelled "Tipton Taliban will die."
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Five of nine Britons released from Guantanamo Bay, BBC, 9 March 2004
- ^ Britons allege Guantanamo abuse, BBC, 4 August 2004
- ^ The Observer: [1], 3 June 2007
- ^ AP: Gitmo Movie Subjects Discuss Suicide The Washington Post (12 June 2006). Retrieved on 15 February 2009.
- ^ Guantanamo Britons left in limbo as talks with US stall The Independent (22 February 2004). Retrieved on 15 February 2009.
- ^ ASIO thwarts film promotion, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 October 2006
- ^ Amnestys frontfigur förespråkar dödsstraff, Aftonbladet, 28 June 2007
- ^ AP: Gitmo Movie Subjects Discuss Suicide, Washington Post, 12 June 2006
- ^ Tom Lasseter (15 June 2008). "Guantanamo Inmate Database: Page 6". McClatchy News Service. http://services.mcclatchyinteractive.com/detainees?page=6. Retrieved 2008-06-16. mirror
- ^ Tom Lasseter (15 June 2008). "Guantanamo Inmate Database: Ruhal Ahmed". McClatchy News Service. http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/65. Retrieved 2008-06-16. mirror
[edit] External links
- Guantanamo Bay guard meets 'Tipton 3' ex-prisoners video from the BBC, 12 January 2010
- U.S. High Court Rejects Appeal Alleging Torture at Guantanamo Bloomberg, 14 December 2009
- Vikram Dodd, Tania Branigan (12 January 2005). "Health fears for 'torture victims'". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,13743,1388398,00.html.
- Composite statement: Detention in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay Shafiq Rasul, Asif Iqbal and Rhuhel Ahmed
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