Abdul Karim Irgashive (sometimes spelled Ergashev) is a citizen of Tajikistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1]
The Department of Defense reports that he was born on May 7, 1965, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan and assigned him the Internment Serial Number 641.
| Abdul Karim Irgashive | |
| Birth Date: | 7 May 1965 |
| Release Date: | July 17, 2004 |
| Release Place: | Tajikistan |
| Citizenship: | Tajikistan |
| Detained At: | Guantanamo Bay |
Abdul Karim Irgashive was transferred to Tajikistan on July 17, 2004.[2]
On July 22, 2007, Irgashive attempted to sue President Bush for his unjustified extrajudicial detention in Guantanamo.[3] Ergashev described himself as a political refugee, who had been staying in a refugee camp in Afghanistan, when the Americans initiated the American aerial bombardment of Afghanistan.The Ferghana Information Agency reports:
The Ferghana Information Agency reports that Ergashev claims he acquired Hepatitis C in Guantanamo, and had his gall bladder removed without explanation.[3]