Abdul Karim Irgashive (sometimes spelled Ergashev) is a citizen of
Tajikistan
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...
who was held in
extrajudicial detention
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in the
United States
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Guantanamo Bay detention camp
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s, in
Cuba
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.
[list of prisoners (.pdf)](_blank)
, ''US Department of Defense
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'', May 15, 2006
The
Department of Defense
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reports that he was born on May 7, 1965, in
Dushanbe
Dushanbe is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 1,564,700, with this population being largely Tajiks, Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as St ...
, Tajikistan and assigned him the Internment Serial Number 641.Abdul Karim Irgashive was transferred to Tajikistan on July 17, 2004.
Attempt to sue for compensation
On July 22, 2007, Irgashive attempted to sue
President
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Bush for his unjustified extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo.
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Ergashev described himself as a
political refugee
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, who had been staying in a refugee camp in
Afghanistan
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, when the Americans initiated the
American aerial bombardment of Afghanistan
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The ''
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'' reports:
The ''
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'' reports that Ergashev claims he acquired
Hepatitis C
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in Guantanamo, and had his
gall bladder
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removed without explanation.
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References
External links
Tajikistan: ex-Guantánamo prisoner plans to sue President Bush
Andy Worthington
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1965 births
Living people
Guantanamo detainees known to have been released
Tajikistani extrajudicial prisoners of the United States