17 Facts About Feroz Abbasi

Feroz Abbasi was born on 1979 and is one of nine British men who were held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.

Feroz Abbasi was released from detention and repatriated in 2005 and released by the British government the next day.

The US government alleged that Feroz Abbasi attended four separate al-Qaeda training courses at the Al Farouq training camp, near Kandahar, and at the nearby camp, Ubaida.

Feroz Abbasi was taught urban warfare, assassination techniques, intelligence collection and surveillance.

However, this theory was later dismissed as Feroz Abbasi would have been too young and there was no evidence to back this.

Feroz Abbasi was alleged to have fought with al-Qaeda and the Taliban against American and coalition forces in Afghanistan.

Feroz Abbasi said she was worried for his mental welfare as he was barely 18.

The US government announced that Feroz Abbasi would be one of the prisoners facing charges before a military tribunal, although it was announced that he would not face the death penalty if convicted as he was a first time offender and the case was not strong enough to pursue this type of punishment.

Subsequently, Feroz Abbasi proceeded to sue the US government, stating in an interview that "they had made his life hell" and left him with everlasting mental issues.

But, Feroz Abbasi's lawyer confirmed Feroz Abbasi's claims to have been tortured, and as a result, the statement was legally worthless as evidence.

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw announced that the remaining Britons in Guantanamo Bay who were originally with Feroz Abbasi, would be returned to Britain "within weeks" after "intensive and complex discussions" with the US government.

Feroz Abbasi later won his appeal to gain his passport back as he was no longer deemed a threat.

Mr Feroz Abbasi's session, begins on page one of this PDF file.

Feroz Abbasi asked to be treated as a prisoner of war and declared he would be humbled to be regarded as a combatant, stating:.

Feroz Abbasi admitted attending an al-Qaeda training camp visited by Osama Bin Laden:.

In January 2012, Feroz Abbasi talked to The Observer about his life since his release.

Feroz Abbasi was finding it difficult to get back to ordinary life.