A/HRC/13/42* page 179 * Information contained is from an interview with the interviewee and other credible sources Case 18 - Biographic details Name of interviewee Mr. Binyam Mohamed* Nationality/country of origin Ethiopian. Resident of the United Kingdom. Gender Male Detention Date of initial detention 10 April 2002 Location of initial detention Karachi airport, Pakistan (en route from Afghanistan to London) Grounds of initial detention Initially arrested on the grounds of travelling on an invalid passport. The authority(ies) involved in the detention In Pakistan - Pakistani immigration officers, Pakistani prison officers and Pakistani Intelligence officers, French officers, United States’ FBI officers, and a UK MI6 agent. In Islamabad - he was transferred into the custody of United States officers. In Morocco - Moroccan and US officials, and a Canadian interrogator. In Kabul - Afghani officers and United States officials, including CIA officers. At Bagram airbase and Guantanamo Bay -United States officials and soldiers. Total period of detention Approximately 6 years and 10 months (10 April 2002 to 23 February 2009) Duration of secret detention It appears that after approximately 20 months, his family finally knew of his whereabouts in June 2004 (10 April 2002 to June 2004). Site(s) of detention, including sites of possible transit 1. Initially detained at Karachi airport, then transferred to Landi prison, Karachi, Pakistan where he was detained for 7 days. 2. Transferred to an interrogation centre of the Pakistani Intelligence service in Karachi, Pakistan for two months. 3. Transferred by plane to a military airport in Islamabad, and then transferred by United States military plane to Salat airport, near Rabat, Morocco. 4. Detained in three separate unknown detention centres in Morocco over 18 months: the first was a detention centre run by US officials, for approximately three weeks. He was then transferred to another two unknown Moroccan facilities. 5. Transferred by plane to Kabul, Afghanistan and then taken to the “prison of darkness” a United States CIA-run facility outside of Kabul - where he remained for four months. 6. He was then transferred by helicopter to the United States’ Bagram airbase, Afghanistan where he remained for four months. 7. He was then transferred to the United States’ detention facility at Guantanamo Bay for approximately 4 years and 5 months. Conditions and treatment At the Pakistani Intelligence detention facility in Karachi: he was deprived of sleep and food; beaten with a leather strap by French officers following an explosion in Karachi killing 12 French persons; beaten by Pakistani officers; and interrogated by American interrogators. Transfer from Karachi to Islamabad - under guard supervision, he was taken handcuffed and