Shafiq Rasul
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Shafiq Rasul is a British citizen who became known for his role as a lead petitioner in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Rasul v. Bush challenging the detention of foreign nationals at Guantánamo Bay.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shafiq Rasul canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British citizen
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human ⓘ |
| advocatedBy |
Center for Constitutional Rights
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civil liberties lawyers in the United States ⓘ |
| allegedStatusByDetainingPower | enemy combatant ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Guantánamo Bay detention camp litigation
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habeas corpus rights for foreign detainees ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| detainedBy | United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| detentionContext | War on Terror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| detentionLocation | Guantánamo Bay detention camp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnicBackground | British of Pakistani descent ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | former detainee rights advocate ⓘ |
| influenced |
debate on legality of Guantánamo detentions
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jurisprudence on extraterritorial application of habeas corpus ⓘ |
| knownFor | challenging detention of foreign nationals at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalAction | petition for writ of habeas corpus in Rasul v. Bush ⓘ |
| legalClaim |
allegations of torture and abuse while in U.S. custody
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violation of constitutional and international law rights ⓘ |
| notableFor | role as lead petitioner in Rasul v. Bush ⓘ |
| participantIn | Rasul v. Bush NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention | Guantánamo Bay Naval Base NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | lead petitioner in Rasul v. Bush ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Rasul v. Bush (2004 U.S. Supreme Court case)
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Rasul v. Rumsfeld (U.S. civil lawsuit) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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