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{{Infobox War on Terror detainee
| name = Hajiakbar Abdulghupur
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1973}}
| birth_place = [[Ghulja]], [[Xingiang]] Province, China
| death_date =
| detained_at = [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo]]
| id_number = 282
| group =
| alias =
| charge = No charge
| penalty =
| status = Held in Guantanamo
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'''Hajiakbar Abdulghupur''' is a citizen of [[China]], currently held in the [[United States]] [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]s, in [[Cuba]].<ref name=DoDList2>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf
| title=List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006
| author=[[OARDEC]]
| publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]]
| date=May 15, 2006
| accessdate=2007-09-29
}}</ref>

The [[United States Department of Defense|DoD]] estimate that Abdulghupur was born in 1973 in [[Ghulja]], [[Xingiang]] Province, China.

He is one of the 22 [[Uyghur detainees in Guantanamo|Uighurs held in Guantanamo]] for many years despite it became clear early on that they were innocent.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/04/02/innocent_detainees_need_a_home/ | work=The Boston Globe | title=Innocent detainees need a home | first1=Bill | last1=Delahunt | first2=Sabin | last2=Willett | date=April 2, 2009|archiveurl = http://www.webcitation.org/5s6nTMyn0 |archivedate = 2010-08-19|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>[http://ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/17-innocent-uighurs-detained-guant%C3%A1namo-ask-supreme-court-release 17 Innocent Uighurs Detained at Guantánamo Ask Supreme Court for Release | Center for Constitutional Rights] {{webarchive |url=http://www.webcitation.org/5s6nfQuCV?url=http://ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/17-innocent-uighurs-detained-guant%C3%A1namo-ask-supreme-court-release |date=August 19, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=AsiaTimes041104>[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FK04Ad02.html China's Uighurs trapped at Guantanamo], ''[[Asia Times]]'', November 4, 2004 {{webarchive |url=http://www.webcitation.org/5iiEnVC9Y?url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FK04Ad02.html |date=August 1, 2009 }}</ref>

He won his [[habeas corpus]] in 2008. Judge [[Ricardo Urbina]] declared his detention as unlawful and ordered to set him free in the [[United States]].

As of August 18, 2011, Hajiakbar Abdulghupur has been held at Guantanamo for nine years two months.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/282-hajiakbar-abdulghupur | work=The New York Times | title=Hajiakbar Abdulghupur - The Guantánamo Docket}}</ref>

In December 2013 Hajiakbar Abdulghupur was transferred to Slovakia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/01/us/us-frees-last-of-uighur-detainees-from-guantanamo.html?_r=0|title=U.S. Frees Last of the Chinese Uighur Detainees From Guantánamo Bay|date=December 31, 2013|first=Charlie|last=Savage}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

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

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