Abdul Rahim Muslimdost

Abdul Rahim Muslimdost (Urdu: عبد الرحیم مسلم دوست) is a Afghan journalist and jeweller, WTOP, March 15, 2006 who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 561.

Muslimdost and his brother were captured on November 17, 2001, and later released on 17 April 2005 with no charges held against him., Guardian Unlimited, April 3, 2006He has been noted for his poetry still detained by the American government and the lengths he went through to record it, ranging from scratching with a spoon onto polystyrene teacups to using rubbery pens, and has received much esteem in this regard. His account on his stay at Guantanamo, The Broken Chains, is currently being translated into English.

According to the Associated Press the allegations against Muslimdost, in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal, he was a member of an Islamic militant group, and served as a contact between that group and Al Qaeda.

Muslimdost acknowledged being a member of the militant group, but said he joined long ago, during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Muslimdost's brother was also a journalist; was also a held in extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo; was also released by the Americans following his Tribunal. Their presence...
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