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May 27, 2009

Group: Gitmo Prisoner Was Likely 12 When Jailed
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In Afghanistan, a human rights group is claiming an Afghan prisoner at
Guantanamo Bay was only twelve years old when he was jailed—not
seventeen or eighteen as the Pentagon claims. Mohammed Jawad has been
jailed at Guantanamo for more than six years. Many poor Afghans don’t
know their exact ages because of a lack of accurate records. The Afghan
Independent Human Rights Commission says interviews with his family show
Jawad likely wasn’t even a teenager when he was captured. The group also
says Jawad suffered repeated torture in both Afghan and US custody.



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