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{{Infobox War on Terror detainee
| name = Khalil Mamut
| image =
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| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1977}}
| birth_place = [[Kashgar]], [[China]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| detained_at = [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo]]
| id_number = 278
| group =
| alias = Khaleel Mamut<br>Abdul Nasser<br>Abdul Helil Mamut
| charge = No charge
| penalty =
| status = Released
| occupation =
| spouse =
| parents =
| children =
}}

'''Khalil Mamut''' is an [[Uyghur people|Uyghur]] refugee, imprisoned for seven years at the [[United States]] [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]s, in [[Cuba]].<ref>http://bermudasun.bm/main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=46573</ref>

The US Department of Defense estimated that Mamut was born in [[Kashgar]], China, in 1977 and assigned him the Guantanamo [[Internment Serial Number]] 278.<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>

Mamut 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=2009-04-02}}</ref><ref>http://ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/17-innocent-uighurs-detained-guant%C3%A1namo-ask-supreme-court-release</ref><ref name=AsiaTimes041104>[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FK04Ad02.html China's Uighurs trapped at Guantanamo], ''[[Asia Times]]'', November 4, 2004</ref>

He won his [[habeas corpus]] in 2008. Judge [[Ricardo Urbina]] declared his detention as unlawful and ordered to set him free in the [[United States]]. He was sent to [[Bermuda]] in June 2009.

==Sent to Bermuda==

Abdul Helil Mamut,
and three other Uyghurs
[[Huzaifa Parhat]], [[Emam Abdulahat]] and [[Jalal Jalaladin]]
were set free in Bermuda on June 11, 2009.<ref name=AndyWorthington2009-06-11>
{{cite news
| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/who-are-the-four-guantana_b_214606.html
| title=Who Are the Four Guantanamo Uighurs Sent to Bermuda?
| date=2009-06-11
| author=[[Andy Worthington]]
| publisher=[[Huffington Post]]

| accessdate=2009-06-11
}}</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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[[Category:Guantanamo detainees known to have been released]]
[[Category:People from Kashgar]]
[[Category:Uyghurs]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1977 births]]

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