Ruhal Ahmed

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subject_name = Ruhal Ahmed

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Ruhal Ahmed is a British citizen. He was detained for over two years by the United States, first in Afghanistan, and then in Camp Delta, the American prison for suspects in the War on Terror, at its naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. His detainee ID number is 110.

Ahmed was released in March 2004. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3089395.stm Five of nine Britons released from Guantanamo Bay] , "BBC", March 9, 2004]

In August 2004 Ahmed, Shafiq Rasul and Asif Iqbal, all from Tipton, compiled a report on their alleged abuse and humiliation while in U.S. custody. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3533804.stm Britons allege Guantanamo abuse] , "BBC", August 4, 2004] The 2006 film, "The Road to Guantánamo" is a docu-drama depicting their version of the story of their detention.

In 2007 Ruhal Ahmed and Shafiq Rasul participated in "Lie Lab": a scientific programme on the United Kingdom's Channel 4. Contrary to the account of his presence in Afghanistan to the press and as depicted in "The Road to Guantanamo", Ahmed has now confessed to visiting an Islamist training camp, where he handled weapons and learned how to use an AK-47. Rasul refused to take the lie detector tests.The Observer: " [http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2094030,00.html] ", June 3rd, 2007]

During an interview, on Friday, 2006-06-23,MSNBC spelt it as "Ruhel Ahmed".

Ruhal Ahmed has been refused a visa to visit Australia to promote "The Road to Guantanamo". [http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/asio-thwarts-film-promotion/2006/10/27/1161749321004.html ASIO thwarts film promotion] , "Sydney Morning Herald", October 28, 2006 ] He is currently employed as a spokesperson for Amnesty International. [ [http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,1103946,00.html Amnestys frontfigur förespråkar dödsstraff] , Aftonbladet, June 28, 2007 ]

Comments on the three alleged suicides of June 11 2006

The "Associated Press" quoted Ruhal following the announcement of the deaths of three detainees, who were alleged to have committed suicide. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/12/AR2006061200235.html
] , "Washington Post", June 12 2006]
*"There is no hope in Guantanamo. The only thing that goes through your mind day after day is how to get justice or how to kill yourself. It is the despair _ not the thought of martyrdom _ that consumes you there."
*"A Saudi detainee in the cell in front of us had had enough. We could hear him rip up his sheets and tie it to the wire mesh roof of the cell. He jumped off his sink and tried to hang himself. We shouted to the military police and they came and saved him."
*"It's weird because when we left we weren't even that religious, We were young _ average British lads. Obviously if we knew what we were getting ourselves into we would have never gone."

The McClatchy interview

On June 15 2008 the McClatchy News Service published articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives. McClatchy reporters interviewed Ruhal Ahmed in Britain. cite news
url=http://services.mcclatchyinteractive.com/detainees?page=6
title=Guantanamo Inmate Database: Page 6
publisher=McClatchy News Service
author=Tom Lasseter
date=June 15 2008
accessdate=2008-06-16
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fservices.mcclatchyinteractive.com%2Fdetainees%3Fpage%3D6&date=2008-06-18 mirror] ] cite news
url=http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/65
title=Guantanamo Inmate Database: Ruhal Ahmed
publisher=McClatchy News Service
author=Tom Lasseter
date=June 15 2008
accessdate=2008-06-16
quote= [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdetainees.mcclatchydc.com%2Fdetainees%2F65&date=2008-08-01 mirror] ] Ahmed said when he arrived back in Tipton he was greeted by an effigy clad in an orange Guantanamo coverall, labelled "Tipton Taliban will die."

ee also

*Tipton Three

References

External links

*cite news
url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,13743,1388398,00.html
title=Health fears for 'torture victims'
author=Vikram Dodd, Tania Branigan
date=Wednesday January 12, 2005
publisher=The Guardian