Bagram Clients

Fadi al-Maqaleh is a 29-year-old Yemeni citizen who has been held in U.S. custody for approximately seven years. Mr. al-Maqaleh was secretly transferred by the U.S. government to Bagram from Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in late 2004 or early 2005. Since being taken into U.S. custody, Mr. al-Maqaleh has been held virtually incommunicado without charge or access to a court of law to challenge his detention.

 

 

 
While on a short business trip to Thailand, Mr. Al Bakri was abducted as part of the CIA's secret rendition and interrogation program, and likely subjected to torture during his time as a "ghost prisoner" before eventually resurfacing in U.S. military custody at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. For six months, Mr. Al Bakri's family had no idea what had become of him. "My son's wife and their three young children feared the worst," said Mr. Al Bakri's father, Muhammad. It was only after receiving a handwritten message delivered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that Mr. Al Bakri's family learned that he was still alive.

 

 

 

Haji Pacha Wazir (now aged approximately 60 years old) had been imprisoned by the US government at Bagram for 8 years.  Though he was never charged with a crime in any court of law, the US government labeled him in the media as"Osama Bin Laden's banker".  In fact, he ran a chain of hawalas in Afghanistan and Pakistan and had absolutely no connection to Al Qaeda.

IJN was retained by his family and filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on his behalf in 2006. After diligent diplomatic and legal efforts, Haji Wazir was released in February 2010, before his case had been decided at the DC Circuit of Appeals. Haji Wazir has been home now for almost two years  -- he is doing well both he and his family remain very supportive of IJN's work in the Bagram litigation -- you may hear more about this in upcoming special this fall on major US news network.

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In May 2002, unknown individuals broke into the home of Mr. Redha al Najar, a Tunisian citizen, who was residing in Karachi, Pakistan.  Mr. al Najar was seized in front of his wife and two-year-old child, and disappeared for eighteen months.  It was only after receiving a handwritten message in 2004, delivered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), that his family learned that he was still alive.  His son, who is now nine, has not had direct contact with his father since he was two-years-old.  At the request of Mr. al Najar’s brother, IJNetwork filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on his behalf in December of 2008. 

 

 

 

 

Jan Sher Khan was only fifteen years old at the time of his disappearance from his village in Pakistan.  He has been held virtually incommunicado, without access to his attorneys, and without seeing his family for over five years.

 

 

 

Amanatullah was taken into custody by British National Forces in Iraq, and illegally rendered to U.S. custody in Afghanistan. Amanatullah has repeatedly asked the U.S. government to allow him to meet or speak with his attorneys, Tina M. Foster and Erin Valentine of the International Justice Network. The U.S. government continues to deny all such requests.