date_of_arrest citizenship detained_at birth_date place_of_arrest article_title name occupation
2008-08-25 afghanistan a chicago hotel 1970 chicago ziaulhaq
 ziaulhaq office clerk
ziaulhaq

ziaulhaq is a citizen of afghanistan who has been held in the united states as a material witness since august 25 , 2008 .
carrie johnston , writing in the `` washington post '' , reported that ziaulhaq and two other afghans , bashir ahmad and mohammad rafi accepted an invitation to come to a conference in the united states , that turned out to be a ploy to hold them in the usa as potential witnesses against their employers .
the three men worked for afghan construction firms that are suspected of bribing american gis .
she reported that the three afghan men came to america in the summer of 2008 .
since then they have shared a hotel suite in chicago .
she reported that the prosecution finally said they would need to interview him for only an hour .
