Fazal Hadi Shinwari | |
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 Shinwari in December 2004 | |
| Chief Justice of Afghanistan | |
| In office 8 January 2002 – 5 August 2006 | |
| President | Hamid Karzai |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Salam Azimi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1927 Shinwar, Afghanistan[1] |
| Died | 21 February 2011 (aged 83–84) India |
| Political party | Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan |
| Occupation | Islamic cleric |
| Known for | Chief Justice Supreme Court of Afghanistan, 2002–2006 |
Fazal Hadi Shinwari (1927 – February 21, 2011) was an Afghan cleric who served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan from 2002 until 2006. He was appointed to the post by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in 8 January 2002[2] in accordance with the Afghan Constitution approved after the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban government. An ethnic Pashtun from Jalalabad, Afghanistan,[3][4][5] he was a member of the Ittehad-al-Islami party.[6] Shinwari died in February 2011 from a stroke.[1]
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"17 Afghans, Turk home from Guantanamo Bay". China Daily. April 20, 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-03-18. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
Pentagon spokesman Maj. Michael Shavers said the 17 Afghans and the Turkish man had been cleared of accusations they were enemy combatants during the Combatant Status Review Tribunal process that recently ended. Five others cleared in late March already had been sent home and another 15 await transfers home.
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Carlotta Gall (April 20, 2005). "17 Afghans Freed From Guantánamo Prison". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
In a brief ceremony, Chief Justice Fazil Hadi Shinwari told the 17 men that they were free to return home and he tried to reconcile them to the idea their imprisonment was something sent from God. Some prisoners in Guantánamo were guilty and deserved to be imprisoned, he said, but others were innocent victims of false accusations or military mistakes, or were duped into supporting terrorism.
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Claudio Franco (2004-12-07). "Despite Karzai election, Afghan conservatives soldier on". Eurasianet. Archived from the original on 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
A ban on cable TV, reinstated on November 12, illustrates the stakes involved. The original ban, first imposed by the Supreme Court in January 2003, was revoked in April 2003 after a government commission investigated claims of obscenity filed in Kabul and the eastern city of Jalalabad, the hometown of Chief Justice Fazl Hadi Shinwari. Although execution of the ban was eventually eased, restrictions on most western and Indian television shows remain firmly in place.
- ^ "Division between Islamists, Moderates hamper effort on new constitution". Eurasianet. 2003-02-01. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
The ICG [International Crisis Group] says rebuilding the justice system needs to be raised higher on Afghanistan's political agenda. It also is recommending the retirement of the current Afghan Supreme Court chief, Mawlavi Fazl Hadi Shinwari, on grounds that he does not meet the legal requirements on age and education.