31 Oct 2022
The oldest inmate at the US-run infamous Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba, Saifullah Paracha, has been released to his home country Pakistan after 19 years of detention without trial.Cuba’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday it had "completed an extensive inter-agency process to facilitate the repatriation" of Mr. Paracha.
“We are glad that a Pakistani citizen detained abroad is finally reunited with his family," added the statement.
In his mid-seventies, the Businessman was arrested in 2003 in Thailand and accused of financing al-Qaeda, but was never charged like most prisoners.
Like most prisoners at Guantanamo, the businessman was never formally charged and had little legal power to challenge his detention.
In May, the US approved Paracha’s release concluding only that he was “not a continuing threat” to the US.
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