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A longtime Guantánamo Bay detainee, who was interrogated astatine CIA achromatic sites and imprisoned much than 15 years astatine the top-security installation successful Cuba, was released successful Belize connected Thursday, the man’s attorneys said.
The resettlement of Majid Khan, who entered into a practice agreement with the authorities successful 2012, represented the archetypal clip a alleged “high-value” captive who was brought to Guantánamo from the concealed CIA facilities was released, attorneys astatine the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and Jenner & Block said successful a statement.
Khan, a Pakistani citizen, was calved successful Saudi Arabia but grew up extracurricular of Baltimore. In 2003 helium was captured successful Pakistan and taken to a fig of concealed CIA facilities, wherever helium was taxable to harsh interrogation tactics. After pleading blameworthy successful 2012, helium completed a 10-year condemnation successful March 2022.
“I person been fixed a 2nd accidental successful beingness and I mean to marque the astir of it,” Khan said successful a connection released via his attorneys. Before his release, helium described coming nether the power of al-Qaeda successful Pakistan and taking portion successful militant plots.
In a statement, the Defense Department thanked the authorities of Belize.
Thirty-four inmates stay astatine Guantánamo, wherever efforts to prosecute suspects from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and different panic incidents person repeatedly stalled successful a subject court.
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