Hafiz Liaqat Manzoor is a citizen of Pakistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 139.
| Hafiz Liaqat Manzoor | |
|---|---|
| Detained at | Guantanamo |
| ISN | 139 |
| Charge(s) | No charge (held in extrajudicial detention) |
| Status | Repatriated on 11 November 2003 |
He was repatriated on November 11, 2003.[2]
McClatchy News Service interview
editOn June 15, 2008, the McClatchy News Service published a series of articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives.[3] Hafiz Liaqat Manzoor was one of three former captives who had an article profiling him.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Hafiz Liaqat Manzoor was a law student when he was interviewed by the McClatchy News Service.[9] He acknowledged losing a finger during his stay in Afghanistan. He was held in General Dostum's prison in Sherberghan. Like many other captives, he described being locked in a crowded shipping container where many captives suffocated, or died when Dostum's troops fired into the container to make air holes.
He spent three weeks at Sherberghan, before he was transferred to US custody at the Kandahar detention facility.[9] He said he was only interrogated once in Kandahar, before he was shipped to Guantanamo. He also said he personally witnessed Koran desecration there.
He said he only had a single interrogation in his first six months in Guantanamo.[9] He said he had acknowledged traveling to Afghanistan to engage in Jihad. His interrogations began again when interrogators informed him that another captive had claimed he was a senior Taliban commander.
He spent a year in detention in Pakistan after his repatriation.[9]
He told his interviewer that his experiences in custody convinced him of the importance of the rule of law, and had convinced him he should attend law school:[9]
"Whatever I have been through so far in my life suggests that law is the only field"[9]
References
edit- ^ "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2006-05-15.
- ^ OARDEC (2008-10-09). "Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased" (PDF). Department of Defense. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-20. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ Tom Lasseter (June 15, 2008). "Guantanamo Inmate Database: Page 3". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved 2008-06-17. mirror
- ^ Tom Lasseter (June 18, 2008). "U.S. hasn't apologized to or compensated ex-detainees". Myrtle Beach Sun. Archived from the original on June 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
- ^ Tom Lasseter (June 15, 2008). "Pentagon declined to answer questions about detainees". McClatchy News Service. Archived from the original on June 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ^ Tom Lasseter (June 16, 2008). "Documents undercut Pentagon's denial of routine abuse". McClatchy News Service. Archived from the original on June 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ^ Tom Lasseter (June 19, 2008). "Deck stacked against detainees in legal proceedings". McClatchy News Service. Archived from the original on June 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ^ Tom Lasseter (June 16, 2008). "U.S. abuse of detainees was routine at Afghanistan bases". McClatchy News Service. Archived from the original on June 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g Tom Lasseter (June 15, 2008). "Guantanamo Inmate Database: Hafiz Liaqat Manzoor". Miami Herald. Archived from the original on September 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-17. mirror