Samiullah Jalatzai

Samiullah Jalatzai
Arrested	USA
Citizenship	Afghanistan
Detained at	Bagram
Alternate name
ISN	3633

On January 15, 2010, the Department of Defense complied with a court order and published a list of Captives held in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility that included the name Samiullah Jalatzai.^[1][2][3]

According to the International Press Service he and his brother Sighatullah Jalatzai have had habeas corpus petitions filed on their behalf.^[4][5] Samiullah was apprehended in his home without explanation, in February 2008. His brother Sibghatullah had worked as a translator for the US military, until his unexplained capture in mid-2008.

References

1. "Bagram detainees" (PDF). Department of Defense. 2009-09-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-01-17.
2. Andy Worthington (2010-01-19). "Dark Revelations in the Bagram Prisoner List". truthout. Archived from the original on 2010-01-25.
3. Andy Worthington (2010-01-26). "Bagram: The First Ever Prisoner List (The Annotated Version)". Archived from the original on 2010-01-27.
4. "ACLU Files Habeas Corpus Petitions On Behalf Of Four Bagram Detainees". American Civil Liberties Union. 2010-02-26. Archived from the original on 2010-03-02. One of the petitions filed today is on behalf of Afghan brothers Sibghatullah Jalatzai, who was a translator for the U.S. military for four years before his detention nearly 20 months ago, and Samiullah Jalatzai, who was arrested without explanation at his workplace nearly 23 months ago.
5. William Fisher (2010-03-01). "US-AFGHANISTAN: Habeas Challenges for Bagram Prisoners". Inter Press Service. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2010-02-02.