Hajiakbar Abdulghupur
From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia
Template:Infobox War on Terror detainee Hajiakbar Abdulghupur is a citizen of China, currently held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1]
The DoD estimate that Abdulghupur was born in 1973 in Ghulja, Xingiang Province, China.
He is one of the 22 Uighurs held in Guantanamo for many years despite it became clear early on that they were innocent.[2][3][4]
He won his habeas corpus in 2008. Judge Ricardo Urbina declared his detention as unlawful and ordered to set him free in the United States.
As of August 18, 2011, Hajiakbar Abdulghupur has been held at Guantanamo for nine years two months.[5]
In December 2013 Hajiakbar Abdulghupur was transferred to Slovakia.[6]
References
External links
- From Guantánamo to the United States: The Story of the Wrongly Imprisoned Uighurs Andy Worthington October 9, 2008
- Judge Ricardo Urbina’s unclassified opinion (redacted version)
- MOTIONS/STATUS HEARING - UIGHURS CASES BEFORE THE HONORABLE RICARDO M. URBINA
- Human Rights First; Habeas Works: Federal Courts’ Proven Capacity to Handle Guantánamo Cases (2010)
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