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{{Infobox War on Terror detainee
| name   = Abdullah Abdulqadirakhun
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| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1979|06|18}}
| birth_place = [[Xinjiang]] [[China]]
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| detained_at    = [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo]]
| id_number      = 285
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| alias          = Jalal Jalaldin
| charge         = No charge (unlawfully detained)
| penalty        =
| status         = Released
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'''Abdullah Abdulqadirakhun''' is an [[Uyghur people|Uyghur]] refugee, who was held for more than seven years in [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]s, in [[Cuba]].<ref name=DoDList2>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf
| title=List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| date=May 15, 2006
| accessdate=2007-09-29
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184034/http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf| archivedate= 30 September 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>

The [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] reports that Abdulqadirakhum was born on June 18, 1979, in [[Xinjiang]] {{sic}} China and assigned him the [[Internment Serial Number]] 285.

Abdulqadirakhun was one of the 22 [[Uyghur detainees in Guantanamo|Uighurs held in Guantanamo]].  It was later learned that he was innocent of the claims against him.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/04/02/innocent_detainees_need_a_home/ |work=The Boston Globe |title=Innocent detainees need a home |first1=Bill |last1=Delahunt |first2=Sabin |last2=Willett |date=April 2, 2009 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5s6nTMyn0?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boston.com%2Fbostonglobe%2Feditorial_opinion%2Foped%2Farticles%2F2009%2F04%2F02%2Finnocent_detainees_need_a_home%2F |archivedate=2010-08-19 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref><ref>[http://ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/17-innocent-uighurs-detained-guant%C3%A1namo-ask-supreme-court-release 17 Innocent Uighurs Detained at Guantánamo Ask Supreme Court for Release &#124; Center for Constitutional Rights] {{webarchive |url=http://www.webcitation.org/5s6nfQuCV?url=http://ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/17-innocent-uighurs-detained-guant%C3%A1namo-ask-supreme-court-release |date=August 19, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=AsiaTimes041104>[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FK04Ad02.html China's Uighurs trapped at Guantanamo], ''[[Asia Times]]'', November 4, 2004 {{webarchive |url=http://www.webcitation.org/5iiEnVC9Y?url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FK04Ad02.html |date=August 1, 2009 }}</ref>

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]]. He was sent to [[Bermuda]] in June 2009 together with three other Uyghurs, [[Abdul Helil Mamut]], [[Huzaifa Parhat]] and [[Emam Abdulahat]], on June 11, 2009.<ref name=AndyWorthington2009-06-11>
{{cite news
 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/who-are-the-four-guantana_b_214606.html 
 |title=Who Are the Four Guantanamo Uighurs Sent to Bermuda? 
 |date=2009-06-11 
 |author=[[Andy Worthington]] 
 |publisher=Huffington Post 
 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5wWet2TxJ?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fandy-worthington%2Fwho-are-the-four-guantana_b_214606.html 
 |archivedate=2011-02-15 
 |deadurl=no 
 |accessdate=2009-06-11 
 |df= 
}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* [http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2008/10/09/from-guantanamo-to-the-united-states-the-story-of-the-wrongly-imprisoned-uighurs/ From Guantánamo to the United States: The Story of the Wrongly Imprisoned Uighurs] [[Andy Worthington]] October 9, 2008
* [http://ccrjustice.org/files/2008-10-09%20Kiyemba%20corrected%20release%20order%20%282008-10-09%29.pdf Judge Ricardo Urbina’s unclassified opinion (redacted version)]
* [http://ccrjustice.org/files/2008-10-07%20Kiyemba%20-%20Uighur%20hearing%20transcript.pdf MOTIONS/STATUS HEARING - UIGHURS CASES BEFORE THE HONORABLE RICARDO M. URBINA]
* Human Rights First; [http://www.humanrightsfirst.info/pdf/Habeas-Works-final-web.pdf Habeas Works: Federal Courts’ Proven Capacity to Handle Guantánamo Cases (2010)]

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