Died in prison

Awal Gul

48 years old · died February 1, 2011 · Joint Task Force Guantánamo Detention Facility, Guantánamo Bay, Guantánamo Bay (US naval base)

Awal Gul, from Afghanistan, died on February 1, 2011 while held by the U.S. military at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Joint Task Force Guantánamo gave the cause as apparent natural causes, after he collapsed in the shower following exercise.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. Joint Task Force Guantánamo recorded the manner of death as natural.

Reported by: Joint Task Force Guantánamo (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

Source

Guantánamo Bay detainee deaths: Awal Gul Guantánamo Bay detainee deaths (Department of Defense and U.S. Southern Command announcements), February 3, 2011

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