Abdul Razaq (Guantanamo detainee 356)

Afghan Guantanamo detainee
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAfghan Guantanamo detainee
PlacesAfghanistan
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1971
Age54 years
ResidenceGuantanamo Bay detention camp
The details

Biography

Abdul Razaq, a young Afghani man, was the first detainee to be released from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Razaq was released after four months when interrogators determined that he was not actually a terrorist, but was affected by schizophrenia.. Razaq was repatriated on May 11, 2002. Newseek conducted an interview with Razeq in a high security mental institution on May 20, 2002.

Razaq, a member of the Uzbek ethnic group, said that he was captured because American authorities did not believe he was not a foreigner.

Razaq reported observing a hunger strike, and a detainee who tried to commit suicide. But he also reported that he was happy with the food he was served, and that the detainees were given Qu'rans and allowed to pray without interference.

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