Guantanamo detainee freed to Belize after 20 years in captivity – By Al Jazeera Staff (Al Jazeera) / Feb 2. 2023
Majid Khan, who was tortured by the CIA before his transfer to the US military facility in Cuba, says he feels ‘reborn’
Washington, DC – A Guantanamo Bay prison detainee who endured torture in CIA custody has been transferred to Belize nearly a year after finishing his sentence at the US-run detention facility.
The Pentagon announced on Thursday that Majid Khan was freed, bringing the number of prisoners at Guantanamo to 34, including 20 who are eligible for transfer.
Khan, who was captured in Pakistan in 2003 and taken to Guantanamo three years later, said he was looking forward to beginning a new chapter in the Central American nation of 400,000 people.
“Today, I feel like I am reborn. I have reentered the world,” Khan said in a statement.
