Armed Forces: Detainees
Defence
Written answers and statements, 21 July 2009
Adam Price (Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government; Culture, Media and Sport; Defence; Transport); Carmarthen East & Dinefwr, Plaid Cymru)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the names are of all detainees who have died in the custody of UK forces in each year since 2001; and what the (a) date and (b) cause of death was in each case.
Bob Ainsworth (Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence; Coventry North East, Labour)
holding answer
The following table lists the detainees that have died while within the custody of the UK in Iraq. Where known, the official cause of death is included. However, burial is often within 24 hours in accordance with religious custom, preventing a post mortem from occurring.
| Operation T elic | ||
| Date of death | Name of deceased | Post Mortem Cause of Death |
| 12 April 2003 | Tanik Mahmud | Not established |
| 8 May 2003 | Ahmed Jabber Kareem | Drowned |
| 8 May 2003 | Radhi Nama (Radhi Nu'ma Jaber) | Heart Attack |
| 17 May 2003 | Abd Al Jubba Mousa Ali | Not established |
| 24 May 2003 | Said Shabram | Not established |
| 7 August 2003 | AJKhalif | Not established |
| 15 September 2003 | Baha Mousa | Asphyxia |
| 10 April 2004 | Unknown | Not established |
Those Afghans involved in engagements with coalition or Afghan forces who died within a UK facility in Afghanistan from the wounds they sustained in these engagements are listed in the following table. Despite our best efforts, these eight individuals did not survive what were life-threatening injuries. No detainees have died while in a UK detention facility in Afghanistan.
| Operation H errick | ||
| Date of death | Name of deceased | Post Mortem Cause of Death |
| 13 January 2007 | Unknown | Not established |
| 5 April 2007 | Haji Mohammad | Not established |
| 5 April 2007 | Ghos Mohammad | Not established |
| 30 April 2007 | Unknown | Not established |
| 3 July 2007 | Hadi Abdul | Not established |
| 15 July 2007 | Sardar Mohammed | Not established |
| 5 December 2007 | Abdul Ahad | Not established |
| 8 September2008 | Unknown | Not established |
To the best of our knowledge this is a complete record. My predecessor's statement to the House on