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Starting in 2002, the [[United States government]] detained twenty-two [[Uyghur people|Uyghurs]] in the [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp]]. The last three Uyghur detainees, [[Yusef Abbas]], [[Hajiakbar Abdulghupur]] and Saidullah Khalik, were not freed from Guantanamo until December 29, 2013, when they were transferred to Slovakia.<ref>
{{Cite news
| url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=1997083&page=1
| title=EXCLUSIVE: Guantanamo's Innocents: Newly Released Prisoners Struggle to Find a Home
| publisher=[[ABC News]]
| date=2006-05-23
| author=Lara Setrakian
| accessdate=2010-08-19
| quote=Their story may be the strangest one you'll hear out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Even after being cleared of any wrongdoing, five innocent men were kept captive at the detention center at Guantanamo.
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{{Cite news
| url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/04/02/innocent_detainees_need_a_home/
| title=Innocent detainees need a home
| publisher=[[Boston Globe]]
| date=2009-04-01
| author=[[Bill Delahunt]], [[Sabin Willett]]
| accessdate=2010-08-19
| quote=Despite the Uighurs' innocence, they have remained in custody. The Uighurs will face almost certain torture if they are returned to China. While Albania previously resettled five men, as many as 100 countries have refused to accept the remaining Uighur detainees in the face of Chinese opposition.
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{{Cite news
| url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31358606/
| title=Freed Uighurs relish Bermuda's sun and sand
| publisher=[[MSNBC]]
| date=2009-06-14
| accessdate=2010-08-19
| quote=U.S. officials eventually declared the Uighurs innocent of any wrongdoing and authorized their release, but they couldn't be sent back to China because U.S. law forbids deporting someone to a country where they are likely to face torture or persecution.
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| url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1192302/From-Guantanamo-paradise-Idyllic-Pacific-island-agrees-17-detainees--Chinas-fury.html
| title=America WON'T take in freed Guantanamo detainees (but Obama still believes Europe should welcome them)
| publisher=[[Daily Mail]]
| date=2009-06-13
|author1=Tim Hall |author2=Sarah Titterton | accessdate=2010-08-19
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| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/01/us/us-frees-last-of-uighur-detainees-from-guantanamo.html
| title=U.S. Frees Last of the Chinese Uighur Detainees From Guantánamo Bay
| publisher=[[New York Times]]
| date=2013-12-31
| author=Savage, Charlie
| accessdate=2015-08-04
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Uyghurs are an ethnic group from [[Central Asia]] and [[Xinjiang]] province in western [[China]].<ref name=AsiaTimes041104>[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FK04Ad02.html China's Uighurs trapped at Guantanamo] {{webarchive |url=http://www.webcitation.org/5iiEnVC9Y?url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FK04Ad02.html |date=2009-08-01 }}, ''[[Asia Times]]'', November 4, 2004.</ref>

''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported on August 24, 2005, that fifteen Uyghurs had been determined to be "[[No longer enemy combatant]]s" (NLECs).<ref name=Wapo050824>
{{Cite news
| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/23/AR2005082301362_pf.html
| title=Chinese Detainees Are Men Without a Country: 15 Muslims, Cleared of Terrorism Charges, Remain at Guantanamo With Nowhere to Go
| publisher=[[Washington Post]]
| date=2005-08-24
| author=Robin Wright
| accessdate=2010-08-19
| quote=In late 2003, the Pentagon quietly decided that 15 Chinese Muslims detained at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, could be released.
| authorlink=Robin Wright (author)
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The ''Post'' reported that detainees who had been classified as NLEC were, not only still being incarcerated, but one was shackled to the floor for reasons not disclosed by his attorney.  Five of these Uyghurs, who had filed for writs of ''[[habeas corpus]]'', were transported to [[Albania]] on May 5, 2006, just prior to a scheduled judicial review of their petitions. The other seventeen obtained writs of [[habeas corpus]] in 2008.

==Common elements in the detainees' testimony==

===AK-47 training===
Several of the detainees admitted receiving training on the [[AK-47]], including Bahtiyar Mahnut, Yusef Abbas, and Abdul Hehim.<ref name="Joscelyn2009">
[[Thomas Joscelyn]], [http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/04/the_uighurs_in_their.php The Uighurs, in their own words], ''[[The Long War Journal]]'', April 21, 2009.</ref> They described being trained by East Turkestan Islamic Movement leaders Abdul Haq and [[Hassan Maksum]]. At least one described being trained on a pistol.

===Fleeing the camp after it was bombed===
The Uyghurs who were present at the alleged camp reported that they did not expect their camp to be bombed.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} Some of them acknowledged that they had heard of the [[September 11 attacks]] on the radio, but none of them knew that the Taliban were accused of involvement.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} They all acknowledged having fled the camp when it was bombed. They all stated that they were unarmed. One of the Uyghurs said Maksum was killed in the bombing.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}

===Motives===
None of the Uyghurs described seeing the United States as an enemy. All of the Uyghurs who mentioned the [[People's Republic of China]] described its government as an oppressive occupation. Some of the Uyghurs said that they sought out the training in order to go back to China and defend their fellow Uyghurs against their Chinese occupiers.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} Some of the other Uyghurs said they sought out the camp of fellow Uyghurs because they were waiting for a visa to Iran, one of the countries they had to pass through on their way to [[Turkey]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} They had heard that Turkey would grant them political asylum.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}

==Combatant Status Review Tribunal results==
{{Wikisource|Information paper: Uighur Detainee Population at JTF-GTMO}}
{{Wikisource|Allegations against the East Turkistan Islamic Movement, from Nag Mohammed, captive 102's Tribunal}}
{{Wikisource|Legal Sufficiency Review of Combatant Status Review Tribunal for detainee ISN 250}}

From July 2004 through March 2005 all 568 of the detainees held at Guantanamo had their detention reviewed by [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]s. 38 of the detainees were determined to be NLEC. Five Uyghurs were among the 38 detainees determined not to have been enemy combatants, and were transferred from the main detention camp to [[Camp Iguana]].

This conclusion was remarked on by the [[A Profile of 517 Detainees through Analysis of Department of Defense Data|first Denbeaux study]], that pointed out that many of the detainees who remained incarcerated had faced much less serious allegations than the Uyghurs had faced.

On May 10, 2006, [[Radio Free Asia]] reported that the five Uyghurs transported to Albania were the only Uyghurs who had been moved to Camp Iguana.<ref name=Rfa060510>[http://www.rfa.org/english/news/2006/05/10/uyghur_guantanamo/ Guantanamo Uyghurs Try to Settle in Albania], ''[[Radio Free Asia]]'', May 10, 2006.</ref>

===Documents published in response to captives' habeas petitions===
In September 2007, the Department of Defense published dossiers prepared from the unclassified documents arising from the captives' Combatant Status Review Tribunals.<ref name=OardecPubliclyFiledDocuments20070910>
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| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_publicly_filed_CSRT_records.pdf
|format=PDF| title=Index for CSRT Records Publicly Files in Guantanamo Detainee Cases
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| date=August 8, 2007
| accessdate=2007-09-29
}}</ref>
Information paper: Uighur Detainee Population at JTF-GTMO

==Asylum in Albania==
None of the Uyghurs wanted to be returned to China. The United States declined to grant the Uyghurs political asylum, or to allow them parole, or even freedom on the Naval Base.

Some of the Uyghurs had lawyers who volunteered to help them pursue a writ of ''[[habeas corpus]]'', which would have been one step in getting them freed from U.S. detention.

In the case of ''[[Qassim v. Bush]]'', those Uyghurs argued for their writ of ''habeas corpus'' in [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]] was scheduled to hear arguments on Monday May 8, 2006. Five of the Uyghurs were transported to Albania, on Friday May 5, 2006; the United States filed an emergency motion to dismiss later that day.  The court dismissed the case as moot.<ref>[http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/8-14%20qassim%20order.pdf R:\ORDERPRP\05-5477CHMD.wpd<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Barbara Olshansky, one of the Uyghur's lawyers, characterized the sudden transfer as an attempt to: ''"...avoid having to answer in court for keeping innocent men in jail,<ref name=Bbc060506>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4979466.stm Albania takes Guantanamo Uighurs], ''[[BBC]]'', May 6, 2006.</ref>"''

Some press reports state that the Uyghurs have been granted political asylum in Albania. But the U.S. government press release merely states that they are applying for asylum in Albania.

On May 9, 2006, the ''[[Associated Press]]'' reported that the People's Republic of China (PRC) denounced the transfer of custody.<ref name=ApNews060509>[http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060509/D8HG64683.html China Demands Return of Gitmo Detaniees], ''[[Associated Press]]'', May 9, 2006.</ref><ref name=Jurist060509>[http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/05/china-wants-gitmo-uighurs-back-says.php China wants Gitmo Uighurs back, says Albania transfer breaks international law], ''[[The Jurist]]'', May 9, 2006.</ref>
The PRC called the transfer of the Uyghurs to Albania a violation of international law. Albania agreed to examine the evidence against the men.

Radio Free Asia reports that the five were staying at a National Center for Refugees in a [[Tirana]] suburb.<ref name="Rfa060510"/>

On May 24, 2006, [[Abu Bakr Qasim]] told interviewers that he and his compatriots felt isolated in Albania.<ref name=Upi060524>[http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060524-090448-4618r 5 Guantanamo Uyghurs baffled in Albania], ''[[United Press International]]'', May 24, 2006.</ref>  Qasim described his disappointment with the United States, who the Uyghurs had been hoping would support the Uyghurs quest for Uyghur autonomy. To the ''[[BBC]]'' he said that "Guantanamo was a five-year nightmare. We're trying to forget it".<ref name=Bbc110107>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6242891.stm Guantanamo Uighurs' strange odyssey], ''[[BBC]]'', January 11, 2007.</ref>"''

In an interview with ''[[ABC News]]'' Qasim said that members of the American-Uyghur community had come forward and assured the U.S. government that they would help him and his compatriots adapt to life in the United States, if they were given asylum there.<ref name=Abc060523>[http://abcnews.go.com/International/print?id=1997083 Guantanamo's Innocents: Newly Released Prisoners Struggle to Find a Home], ''[[ABC News]], May 23, 2006.</ref>

On June 19, 2008, the ''Associated Press'' reported that Adel Abdu Al-Hakim had been denied political asylum in [[Sweden]].<ref name=Whec20080619>
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| url=http://www.whec.com/article/stories/S482966.shtml?cat=10054
| title=Sweden denies asylum to former Guantanamo detainee
| publisher=[[WHEC-TV|WHEC]]
| date=June 19, 2008
| accessdate=2008-06-19
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[[Sten De Geer]], his Swedish lawyer, plans to appeal the ruling, because Albania will not allow his wife and children to join him.

On February 9, 2009, Reuters reported that the five Uyghurs in Albania had heard from the seventeen Uyghurs left behind in Guantanamo, and that their conditions had improved.<ref name=Reuters2009-02-09>
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| title=Restarting life in Albania after Guantanamo Bay
| publisher=[[Reuters]]
| date=2009-02-10
| accessdate=2009-02-10
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==Allegations of Sino-American deal==
An article in the December 5, 2006, edition of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported on a legal appeal launched on behalf of seven of the Uyghurs remaining in detention in Guantanamo.<ref name="White2006">
[[Josh White (journalist)|Josh White]], [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/04/AR2006120401191.html Lawyers Demand Release of Chinese Muslims: Court Documents Allege Lengthy Detainment at Guantanamo Is Part of Deal With Beijing], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', December 5, 2006.</ref>
The article reports that the Uyghurs' lawyers argued that the evidence against their clients was essentially identical to that against the five Uyghurs who were released; that the process by which their "enemy combatant" status had been determined, and reviewed, was flawed.

The article went on to quote Washington officials, and former officials, about whether the group that the Uyghurs were accused of belonging to had been added to the State Department's list of Terrorist organizations largely to secure acquiescence from the PRC to the then imminent U.S. invasion of Iraq.<ref name=White2006/> It quoted the Uyghurs' lawsuit: "In the crisis atmosphere of the time, the interests of a few dozen refugees paled beside the urgency of the Administration's war plans," and  [[Susan Baker Manning]], one of the Uyghurs' lawyers: "It is amazing to me that the US has agreed to in effect hold political prisoners for China in exchange for anything. That goes against everything that we, I thought, stood for in this country."<ref name=White2006/>

Guantanamo spokesman, [[Commander]] [[Jeffrey D. Gordon|Jeffrey Gordon]], responded to the appeal with the comment: "There is a significant amount of evidence, both unclassified and classified, which supports detention by U.S. forces,"<ref name=Ap061205>[http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061205/D8LQTRH00.html Lawyers Argue for Chinese at Guantanamo], ''[[Associated Press]]'', December 5, 2006.</ref> According to the ''[[Associated Press]]'' Gordon told reporters that "the seven had 'multiple' reviews and were properly classified as enemy combatants."

An article about the Uyghurs' appeal, in ''[[The Jurist]]'', citing the [[Fifth Denbeaux Report|Fifth Denbeaux Report: The no-hearing hearings]], called the Uighur's Combatant Status Review Tribunals "show trials".<ref name=TheJurist061206>[http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/12/chinese-guantanamo-detainees-file.php Chinese Guantanamo detainees file lawsuit seeking release], ''[[The Jurist]]'', December 6, 2006.</ref>

An article published on April 18, 2007, discussed the diplomatic problem posed by finding a new home for the Uyghurs in detail.<ref name=WorldPoliticsWatch20070418>
{{Cite news
| url=http://worldpoliticswatch.com/article.aspx?id=710
| title=Uighur Cases Highlight Legal Wrangling Over Guantanamo Detentions
| author=[[Guy Taylor]]
| date= April 18, 2007
| publisher=[[World Politics Watch]]
| accessdate=2007-04-18
}}</ref>
The article quotes their lawyer, Sabin Willett:
{{quotation|"No country will take them because either they've read all the newspapers printing claims by U.S. authorities that Guantanamo is a place where the worst of the worst are being held, and they believe that it's true, or, these countries say, 'Well if these guys are innocent, then why don't you, the United States, take them? Why won't you take them if they're not bad guys?'
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"And the U.S. doesn't really have a good answer for that."}}

==Held in isolation, in Camp Six==
[[File:Guantanamo Bay David Hicks Cell, Reading Room Inset.jpg|thumb|300px|This is said to be David Hicks's cell, in Camp Six. The windows looks down on central common rooms, which are left vacant, as a change in policy, to turn the facility in a "supermax" facility, made common rooms redundant. The inset picture is of a "reading room". Captives are, occasionally taken to these "reading rooms", during their one-hour per day they are taken from their cell. However, they remain in isolation. Only one captive at a time is allowed in each reading room or exercise yard.]]

On March 11, 2007, the ''[[Boston Globe]]'' reported that the 17 remaining Uyghur captives had been transferred to the newly built [[Camp six (Guantanamo)|Camp Six]], in Guantanamo.<ref name=BostonGlobe070311>{{Cite news
| url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2007/03/11/pawns_in_guantanamos_game/
| title=Pawns in Guantanamo's game
| publisher=[[Boston Globe]]
| date=March 11, 2007
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The Globe reports that the Uyghurs are held for 22 hours a day in cells without natural light.
The Globe points out that prior to their detention in Camp Six, they were able to socialize with one another, but that they couldn't speak to the prisoners in neighboring cells because none of them speak [[Arabic language|Arabic]] or [[Pashto language|Pashto]]. The Globe quotes [[Sabin Willett]], the Uyghur's lawyer, who reports that, consequently, there has been a serious decline in the Uyghur's mental health.

According to the Globe: ''"The military says the Uighurs were put there either because they attacked guards or trashed their quarters during the riot last May."<ref name="BostonGlobe070311"/>

The Globe quotes Sabin Willett's explanation for the Uyghur's new harsher detention. Willett: ''"...links their assignment to Camp Six to a filing he made seeking their release."<ref name="BostonGlobe070311"/>

==Passage of the Military Commissions Act and the Detainee Treatment Act==
In the Summer of 2006, the [[habeas corpus]] submissions known as ''[[Hamdan v. Rumsfeld]]'' reached the [[United States Supreme Court]].
The Supreme Court ruled the [[Executive Branch]] lacked the [[US Constitution|Constitutional authority]] to initiate [[Guantanamo military commission|military commissions]] to try Guantanamo captives.
However, it also ruled that the [[United States Congress]] did have the authority to set up military commissions.  And, in the fall of 2006 the Congress passed the [[Military Commissions Act of 2006|Military Commissions Act]], setting up military commissions similar to those initially set up by the Executive Branch.

The Act also stripped captives of the right to file habeas corpus submissions in the US Court system.<ref name="WorldPoliticsWatch20070418"/> The earlier [[Detainee Treatment Act]], passed on December 31, 2005, had stripped captives of the right to initiate new habeas corpus submissions, while leaving existing habeas corpus motions in progress.

The Detainee Treatment Act had explicitly authorized an appeal process for Combatant Status Review Tribunals which failed to follow the military's own rules.<ref name=WorldPoliticsWatch20070418/>
And Sabin Willet, the Uyghur's lawyer, has chosen to initiate appeals of the Uyghur's Combatant Status Review Tribunals.
{{quotation|
"Each Uighurs' CSRT was inconsistent with the standards and procedures specified by the Secretary of Defense, because none appropriately applied the definition of 'Enemy Combatant'. The CSRT Procedures defined an 'enemy combatant' as: 'an individual who was part of or supporting the Taliban or al-Qaida forces, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners.'"}}

However, Willet argues, the Combatant Status Review Tribunals failed to consider the interrogator's conclusions that the Uyghurs were not enemies, had not supported the Taliban, and had not engaged in hostilities.<ref name=WorldPoliticsWatch20070418/>

[[Assistant Attorney General]] [[Peter D. Keisler]] led the response team. Keisler's team accused Willet of trying to:<ref name=WorldPoliticsWatch20070418/>
{{quotation|"...recreate the habeas regime that Congress recently abolished."}}

They said the argument boiled down to:<ref name=WorldPoliticsWatch20070418/>
{{quotation|"[Should] detainees captured on a battlefield during a time of war, be given unprecedented access to our nations courts and to classified information, even after Congress emphatically rejected such an approach?"}}

==Asylum negotiations==
The Uyghurs can not be repatriated to China because domestic U.S. law proscribes deporting individuals to countries where they are likely to be abused.<ref name=AsianTimes041104>
{{Cite news
| url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FK04Ad02.html
| date=November 4, 2004
| accessdate=2007-03-14
| publisher=[[Asia Times]]
| title=China's Uighurs trapped at Guantanamo
| author=Adam Wolfe
}}</ref>

The Bush administration conducted bilateral negotiations with a number of other countries, to accept captives who had been cleared for release, with very limited success.
Frustrated British officials who were negotiating for the return of Guantanamo captives who had been granted UK residency permission prior to their capture leaked the conditions Bush administration officials were trying to insist upon. Bush officials were insisting that Britain either indefinitely incarcerate the men, upon their arrival—or they place them under round the clock surveillance.

===Early release discussions===
The [[Asia Times]] reported, on November 4, 2004, that there had been internal discussion over how the US could release Uyghurs, without putting their safety at risk.<ref name=AsianTimes041104/>

===Asylum in Canada===
On June 2, 2008, the ''[[Globe and Mail]]'' reported that recently released documents suggested that the Government of Canada had come close to offering asylum to the Uyghurs.<ref name=GlobeAndMail20080602>
{{Cite news
| url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080602.CELIL02/TPStory/National
| title=Celil, Guantanamo Bay and the rejected refugees: Ottawa got cold feet about taking Uyghurs
| publisher=[[Globe and Mail]]
| author=[[Omar El Akkab]]
| date=June 2, 2008
| accessdate=2008-06-01
| quote=But Ottawa pulled back at the last minute, in large part, sources say, because of fears of what would happen to Mr. Celil, also a member of China's Uyghur minority, if the transfer went ahead - Beijing has lobbied furiously to keep any nation from accepting the Guantanamo Bay detainees.
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The ''Globe'' reports that Canadian officials held back from offering the Uyghur captives asylum out of fear that the PRC government would retaliate against [[Huseyin Celil]], a Canadian citizen of Uyghur background, who was in Chinese custody.

On February 4, 2009, the ''Globe and Mail'' reported that Hassan Anvar's refugee claim, and the refugee claims of two of his compatriots were close to completion.<ref name=GlobeAndMail2009-02-04>
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| url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090204.GITMO04/TPStory/National
| title=Canada close to accepting three Gitmo detainees
| publisher=[[Globe and Mail]]
| author=Omar Al Akkab
| date=2009-02-04
| accessdate=2009-02-04
| quote=There was a positive consensus," Mr. Tohti said of his meeting with Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and senior advisers to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon. "They were not against it.
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The article quoted [[Mehmet Tohti]], a Uyghur human rights activist who stated that he had met with [[Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (Canada)|Immigration Minister]] [[Jason Kenney]].
According to the ''Globe'', Tohti claimed there had been a positive consensus to admit Anvar, and two men whose lawyers haven't authorized their names to be released.
According to the ''[[Canwest News Service]]'', Kenney is considering issuing special ministerial permits for the three Uyghurs.
According to ''[[Reuters]]'', Alyshan Velshi, from Kenney's office, disputed whether Canada was close to accepting any Uyghurs.<ref name=Reuters2009-02-10b>
{{Cite news
 | title=Canada denies it is ready to take Guantanamo Uighurs
| publisher=Reuters
| author=David Ljunggren
| date=2009-02-10
| accessdate=2009-02-10
| quote="The reports that Canada is close to accepting three Uighur Guantanamo Bay detainees are false," said Kenney spokesman Alykhan Velshi.}}
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The other fourteen Uyghurs hadn't yet satisfied an obligation Canada expects of refugee claimants—that they establish their identity.

The [[Don Valley Refugee Resettlement Organization]] is sponsoring Hassan Anvar's refugee claim.<ref name=GlobeAndMail2009-02-04/>
The [[archdiocese of Montreal]] is sponsoring the other two men. Their sponsors will support the men with housing and clothing, if they are admitted.

===Role of American Uyghurs===
An article published by the ''[[Associated Press]]'' on October 10, 2008, quoted [[Elshat Hassan]] and [[Nury Turkel]], two leaders of the [[Uyghur American Association]], about plans for American-Uyghurs to help the Uyghur captives acclimatize, once they have been admitted to the USA.<ref name=Ap2008-10-10>
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Turkel said the Uyghurs are as oppressed as the Tibetans, but they don't receive as much recognition because they lack a high profile leader, like the [[Dalai Lama]].

===Asylum in Munich===
In February 2009, the [[Munich]] city council passed a motion to invite the remaining seventeen Uyghurs to settle in Munich,<ref name=Sueddeutsche-2009-02-06>
{{Cite news
| url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/uigurische-guantanamo-haeftlinge-seltene-einigkeit-im-stadtrat-1.474486
| title=Seltene Einigkeit im Stadtrat
| publisher=[[Sueddeutsche Zeitung]]
| date=2009-02-06
}}
</ref> home to the largest community of Uyghurs outside of China.<ref name=HindustanTimes2009-02-07>
{{Cite news
| url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=43d959b2-15dd-428d-90e6-5c22010ee8f3&MatchID1=4922&TeamID1=4&TeamID2=2&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1244&PrimaryID=4922&Headline=Munich+says+it+will+accept+Guantanamo+Uighurs
| title=Munich says it will accept Guantanamo Uighurs
| publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]
| date=2009-02-07
| accessdate=2009-02-06
| quote=
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</ref>

===Temporary asylum in Palau===
In June 2009, [[Palau]]an President [[Johnson Toribiong]] agreed to "temporarily resettle" up to seventeen of the Uyghur detainees, at the United States' request.<ref name=Bbc2009-06-10>
{{Cite news
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8092502.stm
| title=Palau to take Guantanamo Uighurs
| date=2009-06-10
| publisher=[[BBC News]]
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Fasia-pacific%2F8092502.stm&date=2009-09-19
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}}</ref><ref name=Wtop2009-06-09>
{{Cite news
| url=http://wtop.com/?nid=116&sid=1692515
| title=US eyes Pacific to resettle Uighur detainees
| date=2009-06-09
|author1=Matthew Lee |author2=Devlin Barrett | publisher=[[WTOP-FM|WTOP]]
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwtop.com%2F%3Fnid%3D116%26sid%3D1692515&date=2009-06-11
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| accessdate=2009-06-11
}}</ref><ref name=TorStar2009-06-10>
{{Cite news
| url=http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/648438
| title=Island nation of Palau to take Gitmo's Uighurs
| date=2009-06-10
| author=Ray Lilley
| publisher=[[Toronto Star]]
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Farticle%2F648438&date=2009-06-11
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| accessdate=2009-06-11
}}</ref><ref name=Ctv2009-06-10>
{{Cite news
| url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090610/Palau_Uighur_090610/20090610?hub=World
| title=Pacific state Palau to take Uighur detainees
| date=2009-06-10
| publisher=[[CTV News]]
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703075109/http://www.ctv.ca:80/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090610/Palau_Uighur_090610/20090610?hub=World
| archivedate=2009-07-03
| dead-url=yes
| accessdate=2009-06-11
}}</ref><ref name=ChinaDaily2009-06-11>
{{Cite news
| url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-06/11/content_8272318.htm
| title=Palau to take 17 Uygur Guantanamo inmates
| date=2009-06-11
| publisher=[[China Daily]]
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chinadaily.com.cn%2Fworld%2F2009-06%2F11%2Fcontent_8272318.htm&date=2009-06-11
| archivedate=2009-06-11
| accessdate=2009-06-11
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{{Cite news
| url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/09/report-obama-administration-talks-palau-resettle-uighur-detainees/
| title=Palau Agrees to Take Uighur Gitmo Detainees
| date=2009-06-09
| author=Mike Levine
| publisher=[[Fox News]]
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2F2009%2F06%2F09%2Freport-obama-administration-talks-palau-resettle-uighur-detainees%2F&date=2009-06-11
| archivedate=2009-06-11
| accessdate=2009-06-11
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{{Cite news
| url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090610/ap_on_re_au_an/as_us_guantanamo_palau
| title=Palau to take Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay
| date=2009-06-10
| publisher=[[Yahoo News]]
| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613013130/http://news.yahoo.com:80/s/ap/20090610/ap_on_re_au_an/as_us_guantanamo_palau
| archivedate=2009-06-13
| dead-url=yes
| accessdate=2009-06-11
}}</ref>

On September 10, 2009, ''[[The Times]]'' reported that three of the Uyghurs, [[Dawut Abdurehim]] and [[Anwar Assan]], and another man whose identity has not been made public, have accepted the invitation to be transferred to asylum in Palau.<ref name=TheTimes2009-09-10>
{{Cite news
| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6828668.ece
| title=Palau move imminent for Guantanamo Uighurs
| date=2009-09-10
| author=Anne Barrowclough
| publisher=[[The Times]]
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesonline.co.uk%2Ftol%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fus_and_americas%2Farticle6828668.ece&date=2009-09-19
| archivedate=2009-09-19
}}</ref>

On September 19, 2009, ''[[Fox News]]'' reported that in the week since the first announcement three further Uyghurs agreed to be transferred to Palau.<ref name=FoxNews2009>
{{Cite news
| url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,552465,00.html?test=latestnews
| title=2 More Uighur Detainees at Gitmo Heading to Palau
| date=2009-09-19
| publisher=[[Fox News]]
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fstory%2F0%2C2933%2C552465%2C00.html%3Ftest%3Dlatestnews&date=2009-09-19
| archivedate=2009-09-19
}}</ref>
Fox reported that five of the other Uyghurs had refused to speak with Palau officials.

On October 31, 2009, [[Ahmad Tourson]], [[Abdul Ghappar Abdul Rahman]], [[Edham Mamet]], [[Anwar Hassan]], [[Dawut Abdurehim]] and [[Adel Noori]] were reported to have been transferred to Palau.<ref name=Afp2009-10-31/><ref name=Pacific2009-10-31/><ref name=DoJ2009-10-31/><ref name=NYTimes2009-10-31/><ref name=Bbc2009-10-31/>

On June 29, 2015, Nathan Vanderklippe, reporting in the ''[[Globe and Mail]]'', wrote that all the Uyghurs had quietly left Palau.<ref name=GlobeAndMail2015-06-28>
{{cite news 
| url         = http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/after-guantanamo-life-on-pacific-island-was-difficult/article25172787/
| title       = After Guantanamo, life on Pacific island was difficult
| publisher   = [[Globe and Mail]]
| author      = Nathan Vanderklippe
| date        = 2015-06-28
| page        = 
| location    = [[Beijing]]
| archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150630062759/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/after-guantanamo-life-on-pacific-island-was-difficult/article25172787/
| archivedate = 2015-06-30
| deadurl     = No 
| quote       = In exchange for money from the U.S. – including $93,333 (U.S.) for each man – Palau allowed the Uyghurs to trade life behind barbed-wire fences for life in one of earth's most isolated places, an island chain with a local population of just 20,000.
}}
</ref>
The ''Globe'' confirmed that Palau's agreement to give refuge to the Uyghurs was reached after the USA agreed to various secret payments.  Those payments included $93,333 to cover each Uyghurs living expenses.  The ''Globe'' confirmed that controversy still surrounded former President [[Johnson Toribiong]] who had used some of those funds to billet the Uyghurs in houses belonging to his relatives.

Vanderklippe reported that the men had never felt they could fit in with the Palauns.<ref name=GlobeAndMail2015-06-28/>  
Some of the men compared Palau with a lusher, larger Guantanamo.  Some of the men were able to bring their wives to Palau.  Attempts to hold most regular jobs failed, due to cultural differences.  Attempts to use their traditional leather-working skills to be self-employed failed.  Eventually, all six men were employed as night-time security guards, a job that did not require interaction with Palauns.

Tragically, one of the men's young toddler, conceived and born on Palau, died after he fell off a balcony.<ref name=GlobeAndMail2015-06-28/>  
According to Vanderklippe, the men's departure from Palau was quietly arranged with cooperation with American officials.  He reported they left, one or two at a time, on commercial flights.  Palaun officials would not share the Uyghurs destination.

===Bermuda===
On June 11, 2009, [[Abdul Helil Mamut]], [[Huzaifa Parhat]], [[Emam Abdulahat]] and [[Jalal Jalaladin]]<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]] <!--
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| accessdate=2009-06-11
}}</ref> arrived in the [[British overseas territory]] of [[Bermuda]].<ref name=RadioFreeAsia2009-06-11>
{{Cite news
| url=http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/release-06112009074832.html
| title=Four Uyghur Detainees Released
| date=2009-06-11
| publisher=[[Radio Free Asia]]
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rfa.org%2Fenglish%2Fnews%2Fuyghur%2Frelease-06112009074832.html&date=2009-06-11
| archivedate=2009-06-11
| accessdate=2009-06-11
}}</ref>
The cost of the relocation will be borne by the United States, while the government of Bermuda would arrange documentation, residence and housing.<ref name=RoyalGazette2009-06-11a>
{{Cite news
| url=http://www.royalgazette.com/siftology.royalgazette/Article/article.jsp?articleId=7d965ba30030000&sectionId=60
| title=Breaking News: Premier's statement on Guantanamo Bay
| date=2009-06-11
| publisher=[[The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)|The Royal Gazette]]
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalgazette.com%2Fsiftology.royalgazette%2FArticle%2Farticle.jsp%3FarticleId%3D7d965ba30030000%26sectionId%3D60&date=2009-06-11
| archivedate=2009-06-11
| accessdate=2009-06-11
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According to their lawyers, the four men will be "[[guest workers]]" in Bermuda;<ref name=AssociatedPress2009-06-11>
{{Cite news
| url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hXh3uNX3sav1yJUl6k1XFvjZaycgD98OG1R01
| title=4 Chinese Muslims released from Guantanamo
| date=2009-06-11
| author=Devlin Barrett
| publisher=[[Associated Press]]
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fap%2Farticle%2FALeqM5hXh3uNX3sav1yJUl6k1XFvjZaycgD98OG1R01&date=2009-06-11
| archivedate=2009-06-11
}}</ref> according to [[Premier of Bermuda]] [[Ewart Brown]], they will be given the opportunity to become naturalised "[[belonger status|citizens]]" — currently impossible under Bermudian law, and a right which many residents, locally born and raised, do not have<ref>Bermuda Immigration and Protection Act</ref> — with the ability to eventually travel freely.<ref name=RoyalGazette2009-06-11a/>
The decision was made without the knowledge of [[Richard Gozney]], the [[Governor of Bermuda]], responsible for foreign affairs and security matters, who only found out after their arrival.<ref name=RoyalGazette2009-06-11b>
{{Cite news
| url=http://www.royalgazette.com/siftology.royalgazette/Article/article.jsp?articleId=7d965be30030000&sectionId=60
| title=Breaking News update: Guantanamo decision taken "without permission" Governor to assess implications
| date=2009-06-11
| publisher=[[The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)|The Royal Gazette]]
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalgazette.com%2Fsiftology.royalgazette%2FArticle%2Farticle.jsp%3FarticleId%3D7d965be30030000%26sectionId%3D60&date=2009-06-11
| archivedate=2009-06-11
| accessdate=2009-06-11
}}</ref>
Brown's promise of "citizenship" was apparently made without the knowledge of the British government, whose citizenship is being offered.  The offer of asylum was strongly criticised both within Bermuda and by the UK. This was not the first time that Bermuda hosted refugees; during the 1970s, five people from Vietnam were allowed into the country; only one remains there, following the emigration of three others and the death of the fifth.<ref name=BermudaPremier>[http://www.royalgazette.com/siftology.royalgazette/Article/article.jsp?articleId=7d965ba30030000&sectionId=60 Breaking News: Premier's statement on Guantanamo Bay]</ref>  The following day, the [[opposition (parliamentary)|Opposition]] [[United Bermuda Party]] moved for a [[motion of no confidence]] against Brown,<ref>[http://www.royalgazette.com/siftology.royalgazette/Article/article.jsp?articleId=7d9664630030002&sectionId=60 Breaking News: UBP proposes motion of no confidence]</ref> while the British government declared its intentions to review its legal relationship with the territory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/12/guantanamo-bay-bermuda|title=Britain to review legal basis of relation with Bermuda over Guantánamo row|author=Julian Borger|work=the Guardian|accessdate=June 15, 2015}}</ref>

On September 29, 2011, the ''[[Antigua Observer]]'' quoted [[Henry Bellingham (Norfolk MP)|Henry Bellingham]] the United Kingdom's [[United Kingdom Minister of Overseas Territories|Overseas Territories Minister]] on the UK's expectation that the US would find a permanent home for the four Uyghurs in another country.<ref name=AntiguaObserver2011-09-29>
{{cite news
| url         = http://www.antiguaobserver.com/?p=65202
| title       = UK hopes US will settle four ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees
| publisher   = [[Antigua Observer]]
| date        = 2011-09-29
| accessdate  = 2011-10-04
| quote       = The US refused to resettle them within its borders, and a deal was struck with Brown, who quit as Premier last October before leaving politics altogether. Brown said he did it as a humanitarian gesture.
}}
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</ref>
<blockquote>
"This is something that we weren't consulted on by the last (Brown) administration. We have spoken to the United States about it — it's our understanding that the arrangement was not to be permanent and we're looking to the US State Department to find a permanent solution. We're working with them to try and achieve that."
</blockquote>

===El Salvador===

On April 19, 2012, the ''[[Associated Press]]'' reported that Abdul Razakah and Hammad Memet had been transferred to [[El Salvador]].<ref name=GlobeAndMail2012-04-21>
{{cite news
| url         = http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-settles-two-chinese-uighurs-from-guantanamo-to-el-salvador/article2408329/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm_source=World&utm_content=2408329
| title       = U.S. settles two Chinese Uighurs from Guantanamo to El Salvador
| publisher   = [[Globe and Mail]]
| date        = 2012-04-19
| accessdate  = 2012-04-21
| quote       = Two men from western China who had been held for nearly a decade without charge at the Guantanamo Bay prison amid a diplomatic struggle to find them homes, have been resettled in El Salvador, the U.S. military said Thursday.
| author      = Ben Fox
}}
</ref>
[[Ben Fox]], writing for the ''Associated Press'' wrote that the men had already begun to learn Spanish.
El Salvador officials said the men had been given refuge because many El Salvador citizens had been allowed refuge in other countries when their country was hit by civil war.

In September 2013, El Salvador reported that both men quietly slipped out of El Salvador, and that their destination was unknown but presumed to be Turkey.<ref>{{cite web|title=2 former Guantanamo detainees have left El Salvador|url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/09/26/203384/2-former-guantanamo-detainees.html#storylink=cpy|publisher=McClatchy|accessdate=19 November 2016}}</ref>

==Slovakia==

On December 27, 2013, it was announced that the Government of [[Slovakia]] would give asylum to the three remaining Uyghurs.<ref>
{{cite news 
| url         = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/31/slovakia-guantanamo-detainees_n_4522920.html
| title       = Slovakia To Take Three Uighur Guantanamo Detainees 
| publisher   = [[Huffington Post]]
| date        = 
| page        = 
| location    = [[Prague]]
| isbn        = 
| accessdate  = 2014-01-02
| archivedate = 2013-12-31
| archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20131231224711/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/31/slovakia-guantanamo-detainees_n_4522920.html
| deadurl     = No 
| quote       = "As in the first case, this is about transporting people who have ," the ministry said in an emailed statement.
}}
</ref>
When making the announcement the Government of Slovakia said that the three men had "never been suspected of nor charged with a criminal act of terrorism".  A long-standing sticking point in getting third countries to accept former captives is that US negotiators wanted those countries to agree to impose draconian and expensive security measures on the former captives.
[[Carol Rosenberg]], of the ''Miami Herald'', the journalist who has provided the most extensive coverage of the Guantanamo camp, described the announcement, following the releases of three other groups of men, earlier in December, marked a "significant milestone".<ref>
{{cite news 
| url         = http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/01/3847935/out-of-guantanamo-do-december.html
| title       = Out of Guantánamo: December releases signal renewed effort
| publisher   = [[Miami Herald]]
| author      = [[Carol Rosenberg]]
| date        = 2014-01-02
| page        = 
| location    = 
| isbn        = 
| archivedate = 2014-01-02
| archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140102212736/http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/01/3847935/out-of-guantanamo-do-december.html
| deadurl     = No 
| quote       =  In rapid succession, the U.S. in December sent Guantánamo prisoners home to Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Sudan, then capped the year with a "significant milestone" deal that resettled three long-held Uighur captives in Slovakia.
}}
</ref>

Rosenberg reported that the US military had transferred [[Yusef Abbas]], [[Hajiakbar Abdulghuper]], and [[Saidullah Khalik]], to Slovakia on December 30, 2013, in a ''"secret operation"''.<ref name=MiamiHeraldUyghurs2013-12-31>
{{cite news 
| url         = http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/12/31/3845422/last-3-uighurs-leave-guantanamo.html
| title       = Last 3 Uighurs leave Guantánamo
| publisher   = [[Miami Herald]]
| author      = [[Carol Rosenberg]]
| date        = 2013-12-31
| page        = 
| location    = 
| isbn        = 
| archivedate=2014-01-01
| archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140101135445/http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/12/31/3845422/last-3-uighurs-leave-guantanamo.html
| deadurl     = No 
| quote       = Yusef Abbas, 38, Hajiakbar Abdulghuper, 39, and Saidullah Khalik, 36, left the remote U.S. Navy base in a secret operation on Monday, according to U.S. government sources. They had spent about a dozen years in U.S. military custody.
}}
</ref>
Rosenberg quoted from a press release [[US District Court Judge]] [[Ricardo Urbina]] had prepared to be made public after the last Uyghur was transferred, where he expressed his dissatisfaction with the Obama administration for not honoring his original release order.

==Supreme Court's ruling in ''Boumediene v. Bush''==
On June 12, 2008, the [[United States Supreme Court]] ruled on ''[[Boumediene v. Bush]]''.
Its ruling overturned aspects of the [[Detainee Treatment Act]] and [[Military Commissions Act of 2006|Military Commissions Act]], allowing Guantanamo captives to access the US justice system for habeas petitions.

==''Parhat v. Gates''==
On Monday, June 23, 2008, it was announced that a three judge Federal court of appeal had ruled, in ''[[Parhat v. Gates]]'', on Friday, June 20, 2008, that the determination of [[Hozaifa Parhat]]'s Combatant Status Review Tribunal was "invalid".<ref name=Wapo20080623>
{{Cite news
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 |date=June 23, 2008 
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}}  [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2008%2F06%2F23%2FAR2008062300844.html&date=2008-06-23 mirror]
</ref><ref name=McClatchyParhat20080623>
{{Cite news
| url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/41907.html
| title=In first, court rejects military's ruling in Guantanamo case
| publisher=[[McClatchy News Service]]
| date=June 23, 2008
| accessdate=2008-06-23
| quote=
}}
</ref><ref name=Iht20080623>
{{Cite news
| url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/23/america/NA-GEN-US-Guantanamo-Chinese-Muslim.php
| title=US appeals court rejects classification of Chinese Muslim as an enemy combatant
| publisher=[[International Herald Tribune]]
| date=June 23, 2008
| accessdate=2008-06-23
| quote=
}}
</ref>

==Motions following ''Boumediene v. Bush''==
On July 7, 2008, a petition was filed on behalf of the seventeen Uyghurs.<ref name=Cv08-0442Doc7>
{{Cite web
| url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2008mc00442/131990/7/0.pdf
|format=PDF| title=MOTION BY ALL 17 UIGHURS CURRENTLY DETAINED IN GUANTÁNAMO BAY FOR CONSOLIDATION OF THEIR PETITIONS FOR HABEAS CORPUS IN CIVIL ACTION NOS. 05-1509 (RMU), 05-1602 (ESH), 05-1704 (JR), 05-2370 (EGS), 05-2386 (RBW) AND 05-2398 (ESH) AND EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION THEREOF CONSISTENT WITH PARHAT V. GATES
| publisher=[[United States Department of Justice]]
| date=2008-07-07
| accessdate=2008-08-13
| quote=
}}
</ref>
On August 5, 2008, the [[United States Department of Justice]] opposed Parhat being released in the US, and to having a judgment made on his habeas petition.<ref name=Cv08-0442Doc243>
{{Cite web
| url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2008mc00442/131990/243/0.pdf
|format=PDF| title=Respondent's combined opposition to Parhat's motion for immediate release into the United States and to Parhat's motion for judgment on his habeas petition
| publisher=[[United States Department of Justice]]
| author=[[Gregory G. Katsas]], [[John C. O'Quinn]]
| date=2008-08-05
| accessdate=2008-08-13
| quote=
}}
</ref>
The Government's opposition filing was 22 pages long.

==Petition to be moved from solitary confinement==
In early August 2008, [[US District Court]] Judge [[Ricardo M. Urbina]] declined to rule in favor of transferring six of the Uyghurs from [[Camp 6]] where captives are held in solitary confinement to [[Camp 4 (Guantanamo)|Camp 4]] where they live in communal barracks with fellow captives.<ref name=TheJurist20080813>
{{Cite news
| url=http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/08/federal-court-denies-transfer-for.php
| title=Federal court denies transfer for Uighur Guantanamo detainees
| publisher=[[The Jurist]]
| author=[[Mike Rosen-Molina]]
| date= August 12, 2008
| accessdate=2008-08-13
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</ref><ref name=Cv08-0442Doc218>
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| url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2008mc00442/131990/218/0.pdf
|format=PDF| title=PETITIONERS’ MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
| publisher=[[United States Department of Justice]]
| date=2008-07-31
| accessdate=2008-08-13
| quote=
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|format=PDF| title=Respondent's response to motion to us CSRTs provided in DTA action in this case
| publisher=[[United States Department of Justice]]
| date=2008-08-01
| accessdate=2008-08-13
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| url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2008mc00442/131990/246/0.pdf
|format=PDF| title=Uighur petitioners' reply to respondent's response to motion to us CSRTs provided in DTA action in this case
| publisher=[[United States Department of Justice]]
| date=2008-08-07
| accessdate=2008-08-13
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{{Cite news
| url=https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2008cv1310-11
| title=Guantanamo Bay Detainee litigation: Memorandum Opinion
| publisher=[[United States Department of Justice]]
| date=August 2008
| accessdate=2008-08-13
| quote=
}}
</ref>
Urbina's nine-page [[memorandum opinion]] addressed the needs of [[Hammad Memet]], [[Khalid Ali]], [[Edham Mamet]], [[Bahtiyar Mahnut]], [[Arkin Mahmud]], [[Adel Noori]].
:{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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:What is clear is that no court has ever ruled that detainees, designated as enemy combatants, have a right to challenge the conditions of their confinement pursuant to the constitutional writ of habeas corpus. Furthermore, courts are reluctant to second-guess day-to-day operations of domestic prison facilities, especially when doing so intrudes upon the military and national security affairs. This deference combined with the paucity of evidence of irreparable injury and the petitioners' failure to articulate a specific constitutional right and standard from which to analyze the facts of this case presses the court to deny the petitioners' motion for a TRO and a preliminary injunction.
|}

==No longer classed as "enemy combatants"==
{{Wikisource|Uyghur notice of status}}
{{Wikisource|The Justice Department statement on the U.S. District Court decision ordering release of the Uighurs detained at Guantanamo Bay -- 2008-10-07}}
{{Wikisource|No. 08-5424 -- Filed On: October 8, 2008 -- BEFORE: Henderson, Randolph, and Rogers, Circuit Judges}}

On September 30, 2008, [[Gregory Katsas]], [[Assistant Attorney General]] filed a ''"notice of status"'' for the remaining Uyghur captives—stating that they would no longer be classed as "enemy combatants".<ref name=AMLawDaily2008-10-02>
{{Cite news
| url=http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2008/10/in-advance-of-a.html
| title=Chinese Muslims No Longer Considered Enemy Combatants
| publisher=[[The AM Law Daily]]
| author=[[David Bario]]
| date=2008-10-02
| accessdate=2008-10-03
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| url=http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/files/Notice.pdf
|format=PDF| title=Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation: Doc 170 -- NOTICE OF STATUS
| publisher=[[United States Department of Justice]]
| author=[[Gregory Katsas]]
| date=2008-09-30
| accessdate=2008-10-03
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According to ''[[The AM Law Daily]]'' the Department of Justice was scheduled to appear before [[Ricardo M Urbina]] on October 7, 2008, to defend classifying the men as enemy combatants.

Although they were no longer considered "enemy combatants" camp authorities continued to hold six of the men in [[solitary confinement]].<ref name=AMLawDaily2008-10-02/>

On Tuesday October 7, 2008, [[US District Court Judge]] [[Ricardo Urbina]] ruled that the Uyghurs had to be brought to the US to appear in his court in Washington DC on Friday, 10 October 2008.<ref>
{{Cite news
| url   = http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1008/p99s01-duts.html
| title = US federal court orders Chinese Muslims in Guantánamo released
| date  = 2008-10-08
| publisher=[[Christian Science Monitor]]
| accessdate=2008-10-08
| quote=
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The [[United States Department of Justice]] filed an emergency motion to stay the Uyghurs' admission to the US.<ref name=Reuters2008-10-09>
{{Cite news
| url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE497C0T20081008?sp=true
| title=U.S. court blocks Uighurs' release from Guantanamo
| publisher=[[Reuters]]
| author=[[James Vicini]]
| date=2008-10-09
| accessdate=2008-10-08
| quote=
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</ref>
On October 8, 2008, a three judge appeal panel granted the emergency motion to stay the Uyghur's transfer. The judges stay was to enable the appeals court to consider the merits of the parties' arguments. The parties to file briefs by October 16, 2008.

On October 16, 2008, [[Clint Williamson]], the [[United States Department of State|State Department]] official responsible for negotiating a new home for the captives, complained that the Justice Department's description of the Uyghurs had undermined his efforts.<ref name=NYTimes2008-10-16>
{{Cite news
| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/washington/16gitmo.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
| title=Release of 17 Guantánamo Detainees Sputters as Officials Debate the Risk
| publisher=[[New York Times]]
| author=[[William Glaberson]]
| date=2008-10-16
| accessdate=2008-10-16
| quote=
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</ref>
Williamson is the State Department's ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues.
The ''[[New York Times]]'' quoted Williamson's comment about cancelling his overseas trips following the Department of Justice claims:
:{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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:"I was scheduled to depart on another round of negotiations early this week. It was impossible to resolve some concerns we had about going forward at the time. As a result I canceled the trip."
|}

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| publisher=[[ABA Journal]]
| author=[[Debra Cassens Weiss]]
| date=2008-10-16
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The ''[[ABA Journal]]'' reported that State Department officials had said that:
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*"...the description of the men as inflammatory and impossible to prove."
*"Based on what they were saying in the brief, it made it impossible to conduct negotiations."
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==Supreme Court to rule on whether the judiciary can force captives to be released in the United States==
On October 20, 2009, the United States Supreme Court announced it would hear an appeal filed on behalf of the Uyghurs, as to whether Justice Leon had the authority to order the Uyghurs to be released in the United States.<ref name=HuffingtonPost2009-10-20>
{{Cite news
| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/justice-at-last-guantanam_b_327878.html
| title=Justice at Last? Guantanamo Uighurs Ask Supreme Court for Release Into U.S.
| publisher=[[Huffington Post]]
| date=2009-10-20
| author=[[Andy Worthington]]
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fandy-worthington%2Fjustice-at-last-guantanam_b_327878.html&date=2009-10-20
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{{Cite news
| url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/10/20/scotus.uyghurs/
| title=High court accepts Guantanamo Uyghur case
| publisher=[[CNN]]
| date=2009-10-20
| author=Bill Mears
| accessdate=2009-10-20
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{{Cite news
| url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hJHgeTaDuCr3u4Tho79Gd7n0tfmQ
| title=Top US court to hear Guantanamo Uighur case
| publisher=[[Agence France Presse]]
| date=2009-10-20
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fafp%2Farticle%2FALeqM5hJHgeTaDuCr3u4Tho79Gd7n0tfmQ&date=2009-10-20
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{{Cite news
| url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1020/p02s01-usju.html
| title=Supreme Court to hear appeal of Uighurs still at Guantánamo
| publisher=[[Christian Science Monitor]]
| date=2009-10-20
| author=Warren Richey
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmonitor.com%2F2009%2F1020%2Fp02s01-usju.html&date=2009-10-20
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{{Cite news
| url=https://online.wsj.com/article/SB125604792663196527.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories
| title=Court to Decide on U.S. Release of Uighurs at Gitmo
| publisher=[[Wall Street Journal]]
| date=2009-10-21
| author=[[Jess Bravin]], Evan Perez
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB125604792663196527.html%3Fmod%3DWSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories&date=2009-10-20
| archivedate=2009-10-20
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A panel of appeal court judges had overruled Leon.
The appeal was filed on behalf of Hazaifa Parhat and seven other of the Uyghur captives.  But the court's ruling would apply to all the Uyghurs, and would affect the appeals of other captives whose habeas hearings have overturned their CSR Tribunals.

==Turkistan Islamic Party reaction==
The [[Turkistan Islamic Party]] in the 2nd issue of its magazine "Islamic Turkistan" discussed the situation of Uyghur Turkistan Islamic Party members in Guantanamo Bay which was getting media attention.<ref>{{cite magazine |last= |first= |author=|date= ذو القعدة 1429|title=الحزب الإسلامي التركستاني في الصحافة العالمية|url=https://azelin.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/e1b8a5izb-al-islc481mc4ab-al-turkistc481nc4abs-turkistan-islamic-party-22turkistc481n-al-islc481mc4abyyah-222.pdf|magazine=تركستان الإسلامية |issue= السنة الأولى: العدد الثاني|pages=25–29 |location= |publisher= |access-date= }}</ref>

==The Uyghur detainees==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! ISN || Name || Arrival<br>date || Release<br>date || Notes
|-
|-
| [[ISN 102|102]] || [[Edham Mamet]] || 2002-01-20 || 2009-10-31 ||
* Transferred to refugee status in [[Palau]] in October 2009.<ref name=Afp2009-10-31/><ref name=Pacific2009-10-31/><ref name=DoJ2009-10-31/><ref name=NYTimes2009-10-31/><ref name=Bbc2009-10-31/>
* His [[Summary of Evidence (CSRT)]] was drafted on November 5, 2004, six days after the "Information Paper" on the Uyghur captives.
* Did not attend his CSRT.
* Alleged to have participated in the [[Mazari Sharif prison uprising]].<ref name=SummaryOfEvidence373>
[http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_mar05.pdf Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf)] prepared for [[Nag Mohammed]]'s ''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - November 5, 2004
 page 174</ref>
* CSR Tribunal did not convene in Guantanamo.
* Determined to have been an "enemy combatant", but there is no record that any annual Administrative Review Board hearings have been convened.<ref name=OardecArb1Factors>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_ARB_Round_1_Detention_Transfer_Factors.pdf
| title=Index to Summaries of Detention-Release Factors for ARB Round One
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| date=August 9, 2007
| accessdate=2007-09-29
|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name=OardecArb2Factors20070717>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_ARB_Round_2_Detention_Transfer_Factors.pdf
| title=Index of Summaries of Detention-Release Factors for ARB Round Two
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| date=July 17, 2007
| accessdate=2007-09-29
|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
| [[ISN 103|103]] || [[Arkin Mahmud]] ||  2002-06-18 || 2010-02-04 || 
* Transferred to [[Switzerland]] in February 2010.<ref name=AndyWorthington2010-02-04>
{{cite news
| url=http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2010/02/04/swiss-take-two-guantanamo-uighurs-save-obama-from-having-to-do-the-right-thing/
| title=Swiss Take Two Guantánamo Uighurs, Save Obama from Having to Do the Right Thing
| author=[[Andy Worthington]]
| date=2010-02-04
| accessdate=2010-02-04
| quote    = Not mentioned publicly was the fact that, until Jura accepted the men's asylum claims, one of them, Arkin Mahmud, appeared to stuck at Guantánamo, his only way out being to hope that the Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the Uighurs' case last year, would overturn last February's appeals court ruling, and allow cleared prisoners who cannot be repatriated into the United States.
}} [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.andyworthington.co.uk%2F2010%2F02%2F04%2Fswiss-take-two-guantanamo-uighurs-save-obama-from-having-to-do-the-right-thing%2F&date=2010-10-05 mirror]
</ref><ref name=SwissRadio2010-10-04a>
{{cite news
| url        = http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/wrsnews/ex-guantanamo-detainees-thank-jura.shtml?21159
| title      = Ex-Guantanamo detainees thank Jura
| publisher  = [[World Radio Switzerland]]
| date       = 2010-10-04
| accessdate = 2010-10-05
| quote      = They say that six months after their arrival in Switzerland, they are gradually acclimating to their new lives, but that the trauma of their experiences is still present.
}} [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fworldradio.ch%2Fwrs%2Fnews%2Fwrsnews%2Fex-guantanamo-detainees-thank-jura.shtml%3F21159&date=2010-10-05 mirror]
</ref><ref name=SwissRadio2010-10-04b>
{{cite news
| url        = http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/switzerland/uighur-brothers-in-jura-six-months-later.shtml?21161
| title      = Uighur brothers in jura six months later
| publisher  = [[World Radio Switzerland]]
| date       = 2010-10-04
| accessdate = 2010-10-05
| quote      = Switzerland granted Arkin and Bahtiyar Mahmud asylum on humanitarian grounds. The brothers now live in canton Jura and, a short while ago, met the media for the first time.
}} [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fworldradio.ch%2Fwrs%2Fnews%2Fswitzerland%2Fuighur-brothers-in-jura-six-months-later.shtml%3F21161&date=2010-10-05 mirror]
</ref><ref name=SwissInfo2010-10-04>
{{cite news
| url        = http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/Uighurs_adjusting_to_new_life_in_Switzerland.html?cid=28468058
| title      =  Uighurs adjusting to new life in Switzerland
| publisher  = [[SwissInfo]]
| date       = 2010-10-04
| page       =
| accessdate = 2010-10-05
| quote      = The two Uighurs arrived in canton Jura on March 23 with one living in the town of Delémont and the other in Courroux. They were admitted to Switzerland on humanitarian grounds.
}}   [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.swissinfo.ch%2Feng%2Fpolitics%2FUighurs_adjusting_to_new_life_in_Switzerland.html%3Fcid%3D28468058&date=2010-10-05 mirror]
</ref>
* His [[Summary of Evidence (CSRT)]] was drafted on November 9, 2004, ten days after the "Information Paper" on the Uyghur captives was drafted.
* Attended his CSRT.<ref name=CsrtMahmud>[http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_19_1561-1605.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from [[Arkin Mahmud]]'s ''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - pages 22-24</ref>
* Attended his ARB hearing.<ref name=ArbMahmud>[http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Transcript_Set_5_20000-20254.pdf Summarized transcript (.pdf)], from [[Arkin Mahmud]]'s ''[[Administrative Review Board]] hearing'' - page 123.</ref>
* Mahmud is not accused of attending a training camp, or of engaging in hostilities, or of any association with Al Qaeda, the Taliban, or any group associated with terrorism.
* Mahmud traveled to Afghanistan to seek out his brother, who, he said he was surprised to learn, was attending a training camp.
* Mahmud's release or transfer was authorized on January 9, 2006.<ref name=ArbRecommendationIsn103>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Decision_memos_000001-000095.pdf#81
| title=Administrative Review Board assessment and recommendation ICO ISN 103
| date=January 9, 2006
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2007-12-18
| page=81
}}</ref><ref name=ArbBasisForRecommendationIsn103>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Decision_memos_000001-000095.pdf#82
| title=Classified Record of Proceedings and basis of Administrative Review Board recommendation for ISN 103
| date=December 15, 2005
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2007-12-18
| pages=82–88
}}</ref>
|-
| [[ISN 201|201]] || 
[[Ahmad Tourson]] 
|| 2002-01-21 || 2009-10-31 || 
* Transferred to refugee status in [[Palau]] in October 2009.<ref name=Afp2009-10-31/><ref name=Pacific2009-10-31/><ref name=DoJ2009-10-31/><ref name=NYTimes2009-10-31/><ref name=Bbc2009-10-31/>
* Attended his CSRT.<ref name=CsrtTourson>[http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_38_2608-2628.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from [[Ahmad Tourson]]'s ''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - pages 2-14</ref>
* Allegedly spent most of 2000 and 2001 working for a variety of militant groups.<ref name=CsrtSummaryOfEvidenceAhmadTourson>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000201-000299.pdf#16
| title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Tourson, Ahmad
| date=September 18, 2004
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| pages=16–17
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2007-12-09
}}</ref><ref name=ArbSummaryOfEvidenceAhmadTourson>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000197-000294.pdf#48
| title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Tourson, Ahmad
| date=August 11, 2005
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| pages=48–50
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2007-12-14
}}</ref>
|-
| [[ISN 219|219]] ||
: [[Abdul Razak (Guantanamo detainee 219)|Abdul Razak]]
: [[Abdul Razakah]]<ref name=Cv08-0442Doc96/>
|| 2002-06-08 || 2012-04-18 || 
* Given refugee status in [[El Salvador]] in April 2012.<ref name=GlobeAndMail2012-04-21/>
* Alleged to have guarded an [[al Qaida safe house, Jalalabad|Al-Qaida safe house]] in [[Jalalabad]].<ref name=CsrtSummaryOfEvidenceAbdulRazak>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000201-000299.pdf#37
| title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Razak, Abdul
| date=October 5, 2004
| page=37
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2007-12-18
}}</ref>
* Said he supported himself by catering.  He catered the food for the camp.  He catered food to Uyghurs in Afghan hospitals.<ref name=CsrtAbdulRazak219>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_27_1901-1948.pdf#20
| title=Summarized Sworn Detainee Statement (ISN 219)
| pages=20–35
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| date=October 23, 2004
| accessdate=2007-12-18
}}</ref>
* Said he traveled to the camp, when the USA attacked, because he wanted to be with his countrymen.<ref name=CsrtAbdulRazak219/>
* Thirty-five pages of Tribunal documents were published in 2007.<ref name=GuantanamoHabeasAbdalRazakQadirvGeorgeWBush>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_1344-1475.pdf#63
| title=Abdal Razak Qadir v. George W. Bush
| date=July 4, 2007
| pages=63–98
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2007-12-18
}}</ref>
* Allegedly recruited by [[Hassan Maksum]].<ref name=ArbSummaryOfEvidenceAbdalRazakQadir>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000197-000294.pdf#62
| title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case ofAbdal Razak Qadir
| date=October 24, 2005
| pages=62–63
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2007-12-18
}}</ref>
* His [[Administrative Review Board]] recommended transfer from Guantanamo on November 17, 2005.<ref name=ArbRecommendationIsn219>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Decision_memos_000196-000275.pdf#1
| title=Administrative Review Board assessment and recommendation ICO ISN 219
| date=December 16, 2005
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2007-12-18
| pages=1–2
}}</ref><ref name=ArbBasisForRecommendationIsn219>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Decision_memos_000196-000275.pdf#3
| title=Classified Record of Proceedings and basis of Administrative Review Board recommendation for ISN 219
| date=November 17, 2005
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2007-12-16
| pages=3–10
}}</ref>
* Attended his CSRT.<ref name=CsrtRazak>[http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_27_1901-1948.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from [[Abdul Razaq (Guantanamo detainee 356)|Abdul Razak]]'s ''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - pages 20-35</ref>
* Said he was working as a driver, was not attending any training camps.
* Acknowledged making a couple of deliveries of food to the Uyghur camp.
|-
| [[ISN 250|250]] || [[Hassan Anvar]] || 2002-02-07 || 2009-10-31 || 
* Transferred to refugee status in [[Palau]] in October 2009.<ref name=Afp2009-10-31/><ref name=Pacific2009-10-31/><ref name=DoJ2009-10-31/><ref name=NYTimes2009-10-31/><ref name=Bbc2009-10-31/>
* Alleged to have traveled on a false passport.<ref name=CsrtSummaryOfEvidenceHassanAnvar>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000201-000299.pdf#81
| title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Anvar, Hassan
| date=November 2, 2004
| page=81
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2007-12-18
}}</ref>
* Didn't attend his CSRT, but he did submit a statement.<ref name="No-hearing_hearings">
{{cite web
| url=http://law.shu.edu/news/final_no_hearing_hearings_report.pdf
| title=No-hearing hearings
| page=17
| author=[[Mark Denbeaux]], [[Joshua Denbeaux]], David Gratz, John Gregorek, Matthew Darby, Shana Edwards, Shane Hartman, Daniel Mann, Megan Sassaman and Helen Skinner
| publisher=[[Seton Hall University]] School of Law
| accessdate=April 2, 2007
|format=PDF}}</ref>
*Stated he only fired a handful of bullets when shown how to use an AK-47.<ref name=CsrtHassanAnvarsStatement>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_1731-1808.pdf#19
| title=Hassan Anvar's response to the CSRT allegations
| date=November 12, 2004
| pages=19–20
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2007-12-18
}}</ref>
*His [[habeas corpus]] petition contained a seven-page memo containing otherwise unpublished information about all the Uyghurs.<ref name=GuantanamoHabeasHassanAnvarvGeorgeWBush>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_1731-1808.pdf#4
| title=Hassan Anvar v. George W. Bush
| date=September 8, 2006
| pages=4–37
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2007-12-16
}}</ref>
*The Fifth Denbeaux study, the [[No-hearing hearings]], reported that Hassan Anvar's original Combatant Status Review Tribunal determined that he not an enemy combatant, but the DoD convened two further Tribunals in order to reverse that determination.<ref name="No-hearing_hearings"/>
*Although Anvar submitted a statement to the original Tribunal, the one he was allowed to attend, none of the transcripts of any of the unclassified sessions of any of his Tribunals were released.
* Determined to have been an "enemy combatant", but there is no record that any annual Administrative Review Board hearings have been convened.<ref name=OardecArb1Factors/><ref name=OardecArb2Factors20070717/>
|-
| [[ISN 260|260]] || 
[[Ahmed Adil]]<br>
Ahnad Adil
|| 2002-02-09 || 2006-05-05 || 
* Allegedly learned to "break down" an AK-47 in a construction camp in Afghanistan.<ref name=CsrtSummaryOfEvidenceAhmedAdil>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000201-000299.pdf#95
| title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Adil, Ahmed
| date=November 9, 2004
| pages=95–96
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2007-12-19
}}</ref>
* Denied any association to terrorism during his CSRT.<ref name=CsrtAhmedAdil>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_12_1179-1239.pdf#56
| title=Summarized Statement
| date='''date redacted'''
| pages=56–61
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-23
}}</ref>
* CSRT determined that he was not an "enemy combatant".
* Wrote to [[Secretary of State]] [[Condoleezza Rice]], pleading for her intercession to get released.<ref name=Letter>[http://www.bradenton.com/multimedia/miami/news/0505gitmoletterp6.pdf Letter to Condoleezza Rice], January 19, 2006.</ref>
* Transported to [[Albania]] on May 5, 2006.<ref name="Rfa060510"/>
|-
| [[ISN 275|275]] ||
[[Yusef Abbas]]<br>
Abd Al Sabr Abd Al Hamid Uthman<br>
Abdu Supur<br>
Abdul Sabour
|| 2002-06-08 || 12-30-2013 ||
* Transferred to [[Slovakia]] on December 31, 2013.<ref name=MiamiHeraldUyghurs2013-12-31/><ref name=NYTdocket275>
{{cite news
| url=http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/275-yusef-abbas
| title=Yusef Abbas
| publisher=[[New York Times]]
| date= December 31, 2013
| accessdate=2014-08-07
| quote=Yusef Abbas is a 33- or 34-year-old citizen of China. ... He was transferred to Slovakia on Dec. 31, 2013.
}}</ref>
* Allegedly wounded by the [[American aerial bombardment of Afghanistan]] in [[Tora Bora]].<ref name=CsrtSummaryOfEvidenceYusefAbbas>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000300-000399.pdf#16
| title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Abbas, Yusef (published September 2007)
| date=November 3, 2004
| page=16
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-03-28
}}</ref>
* Pointed out in his testimony that travel from China to Afghanistan was not illegal.<ref name=CsrtYusefAbbas>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_20_1606-1644.pdf#18
| title=Summarized Statement
| date='''date redacted'''
| pages=18–25
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-03-28
}}</ref>
* Determined to have been an "enemy combatant", but there is no record that any annual Administrative Review Board hearings have been convened.<ref name=OardecArb1Factors/><ref name=OardecArb2Factors20070717/>
|-
| [[ISN 276|276]] || [[Akhdar Qasem Basit]] || 2002-06-10 || 2006-05-05 ||
* Alleged to be a [[Uighur fighter]].<ref name=CsrtSummaryOfEvidenceAkhdarQasemBasit>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000300-000399.pdf#17
| title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Basit, Akhdar Qasem
| date=November 12, 2004
| page=17
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-16
}}</ref>
* Confirmed that he was shown how to fire an AK-47, and fired three or four bullets, at the construction camp in Afghanistan<ref name=CsrtAkhdarQasemBasit>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_16_1363-1446.pdf#1
| title=Summarized Statement
| date='''date redacted'''
| pages=1–6
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-16
}}</ref>
* Transported to [[Albania]] on May 5, 2006.<ref name="Rfa060510"/><ref name=WapoNlec>{{cite web
|url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/nlec/ 
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060811015712/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/nlec/
|archivedate=August 11, 2006
|title=Guantanamo Bay Detainees {{sic|nolink=y|Classifed}} as 'No Longer Enemy Combatants'
|publisher= ''[[Washington Post]]''
}}</ref>
|-
| [[ISN 277|277]] ||
[[Bahtiyar Mahnut]]<br>
Bahtiyar Mahnut<br>
Sadir Sabit 
|| 2002-06-10 || 2010-02-04 || 
* Transferred to refugee status in [[Switzerland]].<ref name=AndyWorthington2010-02-04/><ref name=SwissRadio2010-10-04a/><ref name=SwissRadio2010-10-04b/>
* Accused of fleeing the [[American aerial bombardment of Afghanistan]].<ref name=CsrtSummaryOfEvidenceMahnutBahtiyar>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000300-000399.pdf#19
| title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Bahtiyar, Mahnut
| date=September 29, 2004
| page=19
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-15
}}</ref>
* Attended his CSRT.<ref name=CsrtBahtiyarMahnut>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_35_2458-2492.pdf#11
| title=Summarized Statement
| date=October 23, 2004
| pages=11–28
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-15
}}</ref>
* His [[Tribunal President (CSRT)|Tribunal President]] disputed that he had denied due process.<ref name=GuantanamoHabeasBahtiyarMahnutVGeorgeWBush>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_1893-2014.pdf#1
| title=Bahtiyar Mahnut v. George W. Bush
| date=September 20, 2005
| pages=1–39
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-15
}}</ref>
*The Fifth Denbeaux study, the [[No-hearing hearings]], criticized Mahnut's [[Tribunal President (CSRT)|Tribunal's President]] for denying his witness requests because they might be "repetitive".<ref name="No-hearing_hearings"/>  The study pointed out that witnesses could only be denied for not being [[relevant (CSRT)|relevant]], or for not being "[[reasonably available (CSRT)|reasonably available]]".
* Allegedly stayed at a [[Uyghur guest house in Jalalabad]].<ref name=ArbSummaryOfEvidenceBahtiyarMahnut>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000295-000393.pdf#51
| title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Mahnut, Bahtiyar
| date=August 23, 2005
| pages=51–53
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-15
}}</ref>
* Allegedly served with the Taliban near [[Mazari Sharif]].<ref name=ArbSummaryOfEvidenceBahtiyarMahnut/>
* Disputed that any Uyghur group would ally itself to the United States' enemies because the Uyghurs are counting on U.S. support.<ref name=ArbBahtiyarMahnut>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Transcript_Set_6_20255-20496.pdf#43
| title=Summary of Administrative Review Board Proceedings for ISN 277
| date=August 29, 2005
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| pages=43–55
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-15
}}</ref>
* Cleared for release or transfer in 2005.<ref name=ArbRecommendationIsn277>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Decision_memos_000196-000275.pdf#58
| title=Administrative Review Board assessment and recommendation ICO ISN 277
| date=October 19, 2005
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-15
| page=58
}}</ref><ref name=ArbBasisForRecommendationIsn277>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Decision_memos_000196-000275.pdf#60
| title=Classified Record of Proceedings and basis of Administrative Review Board recommendation for ISN 277
| date=August 29, 2005
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-15
| pages=60–65
}}</ref>
|-
| [[ISN 278|278]] ||
[[Abdul Helil Mamut]]<br>
Abd Al Nasir
|| 2002-06-10 || 2009-06-11 ||
* Transferred to guest worker status in [[Bermuda]].<ref name=AndyWorthington2009-06-11 /><ref name=RadioFreeAsia2009-06-11/><ref name=RoyalGazette2009-06-11a/><ref name=AssociatedPress2009-06-11/>
* Alleged to have been present in the Uyghur camp during the [[American aerial bombardment of Afghanistan]].<ref name=CsrtSummaryOfEvidenceAbdulHelilMamut>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000300-000399.pdf#20
| title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Mamut, Abdul Helil
| date=September 16, 2004
| page=20
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-15
}}</ref>
* Testified he had studied at a technical college in [[Lahore]] for three years, and had only gone to stay at the Uyghur construction camp after he flunked out.<ref name=CsrtAbdulHelilMamut>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_46_3096-3129.pdf#7
| title=Summarized Statement
| date= redacted
| pages=7–14
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-15
}}</ref>
<ref name=ArbSummaryOfEvidenceAbdulHelilMamut>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000295-000393.pdf#54
| title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Mamut, Abdul Helil
| date=August 31, 2005
| pages=54–56
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-15
}}</ref>
* His board recommended his transfer on November 18, 2005.<ref name=ArbRecommendationIsn278>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Decision_memos_000196-000275.pdf#66
| title=Administrative Review Board assessment and recommendation ICO ISN 278
| date=November 18, 2005
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-23
| page=66
}}</ref><ref name=ArbBasisForRecommendationIsn278>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Decision_memos_000196-000275.pdf#67
| title=Classified Record of Proceedings and basis of Administrative Review Board recommendation for ISN 278
| date=September 9, 2005
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-23
| pages=67–72
}}</ref>
|-
| [[ISN 279|279]] || Haji [[Mohammed Ayub]] || 2002-06-10 || 2006-05-05 ||
* Attended his CSRT.<ref name=CsrtAyub>[http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_12_1179-1239.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from [[Haji Mohammed Ayub]]'s ''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - pages 49-55</ref>
* Transported to [[Albania]] on May 5, 2006.<ref name="Rfa060510"/><ref name="WapoNlec"/>
|-
| [[ISN 280|280]] ||
[[Saidullah Khalik]]
||  || 12-30-2013 ||
* Transferred to [[Slovakia]] on December 31, 2013.<ref name=MiamiHeraldUyghurs2013-12-31/><ref name=NYTdocket280>
{{cite news
| url=http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/280-saidullah-khalik
| title=Saidullah Khalik
| publisher=[[New York Times]]
| date= December 31, 2013
| accessdate=2014-08-07
| quote=Saidullah Khalik is a 37-year-old citizen of China. ... He was transferred to Slovakia on Dec. 31, 2013.
}}</ref>
* No record that he attended his CSR Tribunal.
* Was wounded during the [[American aerial bombardment of Afghanistan]].<ref name=CsrtSummaryOfEvidenceSaidullahKhalik>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000300-000399.pdf#22
| title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal - Khalik, Saidullah
| date=October 29, 2004
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| page=22
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2007-12-19
}}</ref>
* Determined to have been an "enemy combatant", but there is no record that any annual Administrative Review Board hearings have been convened.<ref name=OardecArb1Factors/><ref name=OardecArb2Factors20070717/>
|-
| [[ISN 281|281]] || [[Abdul Ghappar Abdul Rahman]] || 2002-06-10 || 2009-10-31 || 
* Given refugee status in [[Palau]] in October 2009.<ref name=Afp2009-10-31/><ref name=Pacific2009-10-31/><ref name=DoJ2009-10-31/><ref name=NYTimes2009-10-31/><ref name=Bbc2009-10-31/>
* Attended his CSRT.<ref name=CsrtRahman>[http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_43_2811-2921.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from [[Abdul Ghappar Abdul Rahman]]'s ''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - pages 34-45</ref>
* Determined to have been an "enemy combatant", but there is no record that any annual Administrative Review Board hearings have been convened.<ref name=OardecArb1Factors/><ref name=OardecArb2Factors20070717/>
* A rare letter from "Abdulghappar Turkistani" was published on March 20, 2008.<ref name=Bbc20080320>
{{cite news
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7306087.stm
| title=Uighur inmate in Guantanamo plea
| publisher=[[BBC]]
| date= March 20, 2008
| accessdate=2008-03-24
| quote=Abdulghappar Turkistani, 35, is one of a group of 17 Chinese Muslims who have been held at the US camp for six years.
}}</ref>  According to Abdulghappar all the remaining Uyghurs were being held, in solitary confinement, in the high security [[Camp 6 Guantanamo|Camp 6]].
|-
| [[ISN 282|282]] ||
[[Hajiakbar Abdulghupur]]
||  || 12-30-2013 ||
* Transferred to [[Slovakia]] on December 31, 2013.<ref name=MiamiHeraldUyghurs2013-12-31/><ref name=NYTdocket282>
{{cite news
| url=http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/282-hajiakbar-abdulghupur
| title=Hajiakbar Abdulghupur
| publisher=[[New York Times]]
| date= December 31, 2013
| accessdate=2014-08-07
| quote=Hajiakbar Abdulghupur is a 39- or 40-year-old citizen of China. ... He was transferred to Slovakia on Dec. 31, 2013.
}}</ref>
* Attended his CSRT.<ref name=CsrtAbdulghupur>[http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_2_0098-0204.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from [[Hajiakbar Abdulghupur]]'s ''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - pages 65</ref>
* Determined to have been an "enemy combatant", but there is no record that any annual Administrative Review Board hearings have been convened.<ref name=OardecArb1Factors/><ref name=OardecArb2Factors20070717/>
|-
| [[ISN 283|283]] || [[Abu Bakr Qasim]] || 2002-06-10 || 2006-05-05 ||
* Alleged to have received a month of military training.<ref name=CsrtSummaryOfEvidenceAbuBakrQasim>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000300-000399.pdf#26
| title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Qasim, Abu Bakr
| date=October 29, 2004
| page=26
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-034-23
}}</ref>
* Testified he did not receive any military training.<ref name=CsrtAbuBakkerQassim>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_12_1179-1239.pdf#39
| title=Summarized Statement
| date= redacted
| pages=39–48
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-23
}}</ref>
* CSRT determined that he was not an "enemy combatant".
* Transported to [[Albania]] on May 5, 2006.<ref name="Rfa060510"/>
|-
| [[ISN 285|285]] ||
[[Abdullah Abdulqadirakhun]]<br>
Jalal Jalaldin
|| 2002-06-12 || 2009-06-11 ||
* Transferred to guest worker status in [[Bermuda]].<ref name=AndyWorthington2009-06-11/><ref name=RadioFreeAsia2009-06-11/><ref name=RoyalGazette2009-06-11a/><ref name=AssociatedPress2009-06-11/>
* Testified that [[Hassan Maksum]] showed him how to fire a couple of rifle bullets.<ref name=CsrtAbdullahAbdulqadirakhum/>
* Testified that the camp was incomplete, had no latrines, and that most of their time was spent in construction.<ref name=CsrtAbdullahAbdulqadirakhum/>
* Determined to have been an "enemy combatant", but there is no record that any annual Administrative Review Board hearings have been convened.<ref name=OardecArb1Factors/><ref name=OardecArb2Factors20070717/>
|-
| [[ISN 289|289]] ||
[[Dawut Abdurehim]]
|| 2002-06-12 || 2009-10-31 ||
* Transferred to refugee status in [[Palau]] in October 2009.<ref name=Afp2009-10-31/><ref name=Pacific2009-10-31/><ref name=DoJ2009-10-31/><ref name=NYTimes2009-10-31/><ref name=Bbc2009-10-31/>
* Attended his CSRT.<ref name=CsrtDawutAbdurehim>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_20_1606-1644.pdf#9
| title=Detainee Unsworn Statement
| date=November 19, 2004
| pages=9–17
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-23
}}</ref>
* Determined to have been an "enemy combatant", but there is no record that any annual Administrative Review Board hearings have been convened.<ref name=OardecArb1Factors/><ref name=OardecArb2Factors20070717/>
|-
| [[ISN 293|293]] || [[Adel Abdulhehim]] || 2002-06-10 || 2006-05-05 || 
* Attended his CSRT.<ref name=CsrtAbdulhehim>[http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_15_1318-1362.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from [[Adel Abdulhehim]]'s ''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - pages 36-45</ref>
* Transported to [[Albania]] on May 5, 2006.<ref name="Rfa060510"/>
|-
| [[ISN 295|295]] ||
[[Emam Abdulahat]]
|| 2002-06-14 || 2009-06-11 || 
* Transferred to guest worker status in [[Bermuda]].<ref name=AndyWorthington2009-06-11/><ref name=RadioFreeAsia2009-06-11/><ref name=RoyalGazette2009-06-11a/><ref name=AssociatedPress2009-06-11/>
* Attended his CSRT.<ref name=CsrtAbdulahat>[http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_43_2811-2921.pdf Summarized transcripts (.pdf)], from [[Emam Abdulahat]]'s ''[[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]'' - pages 99-111</ref>
* Determined to have been an "enemy combatant", but there is no record that any annual Administrative Review Board hearings have been convened.<ref name=OardecArb1Factors/><ref name=OardecArb2Factors20070717/>
|-
| [[ISN 320|320]] || [[Hozaifa Parhat]] || 2002-05-03 || 2009-06-11 ||
* Transferred to guest worker status in [[Bermuda]].<ref name=AndyWorthington2009-06-11/><ref name=RadioFreeAsia2009-06-11/><ref name=RoyalGazette2009-06-11a/><ref name=AssociatedPress2009-06-11/>
*Parhat acknowledged being shown how to use two different weapons while in Afghanistan.<ref name=CsrtHozaifaParhat>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_18_1463-1560.pdf#43
| title=Summarized Statement
| date=redacted
| pages=43–54
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-08
}}</ref>
* Parhat disputed that the Taliban or al Qaida funded the camp.<ref name=CsrtHozaifaParhat/>
* Determined to have been an "enemy combatant", but there is no record that any annual Administrative Review Board hearings have been convened.<ref name=OardecArb1Factors/><ref name=OardecArb2Factors20070717/>
* On June 20, 2008, a three judge appeals court ruled that his classification as an enemy combatant was "invalid".<ref name="Wapo20080623"/><ref name="McClatchyParhat20080623"/><ref name="Iht20080623"/>
|-
| [[ISN 328|328]] ||
[[Hammad Memet]]<br>
Ahmad Muhamman Yaqub
|| 2002-05-03 || 2012-04-18 || 
* Given refugee status in [[El Salvador]] in April 2012.<ref name=GlobeAndMail2012-04-21/>
* Alleged to have spent over a year at the Uyghur camp.<ref name=CsrtAhmedMohamed>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_47_3130-3248.pdf#22
| title=Summarized Statement
| date=redacted
| pages=22–30
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-23
}}</ref>
* Alleged to have been a weapons trainer at the Uyghur camp.<ref name=ArbSummaryOfEvidenceAhmedMohamed>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_1_Factors_000295-000393.pdf#89
| title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Mohamed, Ahmed
| date=June 21, 2005
| pages=89–90
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2007-12-19
}}</ref>
* The detainee denied any knowledge of the Islamic Movement of Turkistan (IMT).<ref name=ArbSummaryOfEvidenceAhmedMohamed/>
* Allegedly fought against the Northern Alliance.<ref name=Arb2SummaryOfEvidenceMohamedAhmed>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/ARB_Round_2_Factors_399-498.pdf#98
| title=Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of
| date=April 7, 2006
| pages=98–100
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]|accessdate=2007-12-19
}}</ref>
* The only Uyghur captive alleged to be a member of [[al Qaida]].<ref name=Arb2SummaryOfEvidenceMohamedAhmed/>
|-
| [[ISN 584|584]] || [[Adel Noori]] || 2002-05-05 || 2009-10-31 ||
* Transferred to refugee status in [[Palau]] in October 2009.<ref name=Afp2009-10-31/><ref name=Pacific2009-10-31/><ref name=DoJ2009-10-31/><ref name=NYTimes2009-10-31/><ref name=Bbc2009-10-31/>
* Alleged to have tried to hide his identity under a [[burqa|burka]].<ref name=CsrtSummaryOfEvidenceAdelNoori>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000500-000599.pdf#4
| title=Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Noori, Adel
| date=September 18, 2004
| page=4
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2007-12-20
}}</ref>
* Attended his CSRT—at just half a page his summarized transcript was among the half dozen briefest.<ref name=CsrtAdelNoori>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/Set_1_0001-0097.pdf#45
| title=Summarized Statement
| date=redacted
| page=45
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-23
}}</ref>
* Denied receiving any weapons training.<ref name=CsrtAdelNoori/>
On July 18, 2008, [[George M. Clarke III]] informed the [[US District Court]] that<ref name=Cv08-0442Doc96>
{{cite web
| url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2008mc00442/131990/96/0.pdf
|format=PDF| title=Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation: Doc 96 -- UIGHUR PETITIONERS’ STATUS REPORT
| publisher=[[United States Department of Justice]]
| author=[[George M. Clarke III]]
| date=2008-08-18
| accessdate=2008-08-22
| quote=
}} [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.justia.com%2Fcases%2Ffederal%2Fdistrict-courts%2Fdistrict-of-columbia%2Fdcdce%2F1%3A2008mc00442%2F131990%2F96%2F0.pdf&date=2008-08-22 mirror]
</ref>
:{|
|The government has refused to provide petitioner Adel Noori's CSRT record to his counsel.
|}
|}

''Radio Free Asia'' named the five released Uyghurs,<ref name="Rfa060510"/> but the report identified the Uyghurs with different transliterations than that used in the U.S. press release:
[[Abu Bakker Qassim|Ababehir Qasim]], [[Adel Abdulhehim|Adil Abdulhakim]],  Ayuphaji Mahomet,  Ahter, and [[Ahmed Adil|Ahmet]].

==See also==
* [[Uyghur guest houses suspected of ties to Islamist militancy]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2|refs=
<ref name=Afp2009-10-31>
{{cite news
| url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j256OdOnArVNzoV0oVLD3PRaY-bQ
| title=Six Guantanamo Uighurs arrive in Palau: US
| publisher=[[Agence France Presse]]
| date=2009-10-31
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fafp%2Farticle%2FALeqM5j256OdOnArVNzoV0oVLD3PRaY-bQ&date=2009-10-31
| archivedate=2009-10-31
}}
</ref>
<ref name=Pacific2009-10-31>
{{cite news
| url=http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1343:6-muslim-uighurs-arrive-in-palau-from-guantanamo&catid=45:guam-news&Itemid=156
| title=6 Muslim Uighur Detainees From Guantanamo Arrive In Palau
| publisher=[[Pacific News Center]]
| date=2009-11-01
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pacificnewscenter.com%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D1343%3A6-muslim-uighurs-arrive-in-palau-from-guantanamo%26catid%3D45%3Aguam-news%26Itemid%3D156&date=2009-10-31
| archivedate=2009-10-31
| accessdate=2009-09-26
}}
</ref>
<ref name=DoJ2009-10-31>
{{cite news
| url=http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/October/09-ag-1179.html
| title=United States Transfers Six Uighur Detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Palau
| publisher=[[United States Department of Justice]]
| date=2009-10-31
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.justice.gov%2Fopa%2Fpr%2F2009%2FOctober%2F09-ag-1179.html&date=2009-10-31
| archivedate=2009-10-31
}}
</ref>
<ref name=NYTimes2009-10-31>
{{cite news
| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/world/asia/01uighurs.html
| title=Uighurs Leave Guantánamo for Palau
| publisher=New York Times
| date=2009-10-31
| author=David Johnston
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2009%2F11%2F01%2Fworld%2Fasia%2F01uighurs.html&date=2009-10-31
| archivedate=2009-10-31
}}
</ref>
<ref name=Bbc2009-10-31>
{{cite news
| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8336343.stm
| title=Guantanamo Uighurs sent to Palau
| publisher=BBC News
| date=2009-10-31
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fworld%2Fasia-pacific%2F8336343.stm&date=2009-10-31
| archivedate=2009-10-31
}}
</ref>
<ref name=CsrtAbdullahAbdulqadirakhum>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/Set_20_1606-1644.pdf#26
| title=Summarized Statement
| date=redacted
| pages=26–39
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| accessdate=2008-04-23
}}
</ref>
}}

==External links==
* [http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20110613/NEWS/706139969 Arkley denies Uighurs here permanently] June 13, 2011
* [http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacbeat/stories/201006/s2916807.htm Palau urges Australia to allow permanent resettlement for six Uighurs] [[Radio Australia]] June 3, 2010
* [http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/173885/uighurs-demand-release-on-us-soil Uighurs demand release on US soil] [[Bangkok Post]] April 7, 2010
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8371321.stm Guantanamo Uighurs start new life in Palau] [[BBC]] [[Newsnight]] January 14, 2010
* [http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100106/FOREIGN/701059860/1015/NEWS Australia urged to accept Uighurs] [[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]] January 5, 2010
* [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/11/20091121132630212856.html Life after Guantanamo - Video]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7306087.stm Uighur inmate in Guantanamo plea], March 20, 2008, [[BBC]]
* {{Cite news
| url=http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/26/dusty-relics-of-yalta/
| title=Dusty relics of Yalta
| publisher=[[Washington Times]]
| date=2008-11-26
| accessdate=2008-11-26
| quote=
}} [http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwashingtontimes.com%2Fnews%2F2008%2Fnov%2F26%2Fdusty-relics-of-yalta%2F&date=2008-11-26 mirror]
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/16/uighurs-us-let-chinese-ab_n_216332.html Uighurs: U.S. Let Chinese Abuse Us At Gitmo] by [[Ryan Grim]], ''The Huffington Post'', June 16, 2009
*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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