Ehsannullah

Ehsannullah is a citizen of Afghanistan held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.cite news
url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A29276-2003Mar25&notFound=true
title=Returning Afghans Talk of Guantanamo: Out of Legal Limbo, Some Tell of Mistreatment
publisher=Washington Post
date=March 26, 2003
accessdate=2007-02-27] The "Washington Post" reported that Ehsannullah was one of eighteen men repatriated to Afghanistan on March 22 2003, and released with a certificate of innocence by Afghan authorities on March 26 2003.

Ehsannullah is not a name listed on the official list of captives the Department of Defense released on May 15 2006. [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/d20060515%20list.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense", May 15 2006] , however, there are two prisoners listed with similar names; it is unclear which of these names are distinct prisoners; prisoner 350 is listed as Ehsanullah, and prisoner 523 is listed as Ehssanullah. [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/d20060515%20list.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense", May 15 2006]

The "Washington Post" reported that Ehsannullah was 29. He claimed American soldiers in Afghanistan had taunted him and beat him. He told the "Washington Post" the soldiers had dumped a Quran in a toilet: "We cried so much and shouted, 'Please do not do that to the Holy Koran.'"

Ehsannullah, and the other released captives, were given a one set of western clothes, including running shoes, and a package containing their medical records.

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