Parkhudin
Parkhudin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Afghanistan |
| Occupation | Agricultural worker (prior to detention) |
| Known for | Eyewitness accounts of detainee abuse at Bagram and Guantanamo Bay |
Parkhudin is an Afghan national who endured extrajudicial detention at both the Bagram Collection Point and the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention centers located in Cuba. His assigned Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 896.
During his inquiry into the fatalities of detainees Habibullah and Dilawar at the Bagram Theater Internment Facility in 2005, Tim Golden of the New York Times conducted an interview with Parkhudin. He delivered crucial eyewitness accounts regarding detainee treatment, emphasizing the harsh conditions and abuses encountered.
Abduction
In 2002, Parkhudin, then a 26-year-old agricultural worker, was riding in a jitney taxi driven by Dilawar, accompanied by two other individuals, Abdur Rahim and Zakim Shah. The group was apprehended by Jan Baz Khan, an Afghan militia commander employed to secure Forward Operating Base Salerno. Jan Baz Khan accused them of launching missile attacks on the base and subsequently transferred them to U.S. military custody in early December 2002.
While detained, the men were subjected to severe mistreatment: their hands were shackled overhead in a "stress position", their heads covered with hoods, and they endured frequent physical assaults. The driver, Dilawar, succumbed to these tortures less than a week after his detention. Parkhudin, along with Abdur Rahim and Zakim Shah, survived; Parkhudin was moved to Guantanamo on 7 February 2003.[1]
Release
By January 2003, U.S. intelligence officials had concluded that Dilawar and his fellow passengers were wrongfully detained victims of Jan Baz Khan’s actions, with the militia itself responsible for the missile attacks. Despite this determination, Parkhudin and his companions remained in custody until March 2004. After their release and return to Afghanistan, they were unable to fully communicate to Dilawar's family the extent of his abuse while held by U.S. forces.
See also
External links
- When Torture Kills: Ten Murders in US Prisons in Afghanistan, Andy Worthington
- Sexual Humiliation is the Norm in Military Prisons
- ↑ "Heights, weights, and in-processing dates". The Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas. ISN 896.