Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Haroon al-Afghani" in English language version.
In official documents, almost nothing certain is known about Afghani's background and activities. Yet he has been held for more than eight years without being charged. Afghani is a so-called forever prisoner, a detainee at Guantánamo who has not been charged with a crime but has not been cleared for transfer. Nor does he even have a lawyer.
I have already discussed at length the profound injustice of holding Shawali Khan and Abdul Ghani, in articles here and here, and noted how their cases discredit America, as Khan, against whom no evidence of wrongdoing exists, nevertheless had his habeas corpus petition denied, and Ghani, a thoroughly insignificant scrap metal merchant, was put forward for a trial by military commission — a war crimes trial — under President Bush.
One detainee who took pains to hide his informant status was Harun al-Afghani, aka Haroon Gul (ISN 3148), who was held in Camp Echo at the same time as Naseem. Like Naseem, he was also brought to Guantanamo in 2007.
And yet, the legal charity Reprieve says Asad (pictured) is "a total nobody" who was turned in for financial gain only to fall through the cracks as the years passed by. If he is ever to be freed, they say they need to make him a household name in his homeland.
His defense lawyer, Stafford Smith, said Haroon's family is in bad condition and he should be released soon .... for the 13 years that Haroon has been in Guantanamo Bay, he has never had a visit from an Afghan delegation," Smith said.
