Khalil Mamut

Khalil Mamut is an Uyghur refugee, imprisoned for seven years at the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, 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> Template:Cite web</ref>

Mamut is one of the 22 Uighurs held in Guantanamo for many years despite it became clear early on that they were innocent.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>http://ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/17-innocent-uighurs-detained-guant%C3%A1namo-ask-supreme-court-release</ref><ref name=AsiaTimes041104>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> Template:Cite news</ref>

External links

• From Guantánamo to the United States: The Story of the Wrongly Imprisoned Uighurs Andy Worthington October 9, 2008
• Judge Ricardo Urbina’s unclassified opinion (redacted version)
• MOTIONS/STATUS HEARING - UIGHURS CASES BEFORE THE HONORABLE RICARDO M. URBINA
• Human Rights First; Habeas Works: Federal Courts’ Proven Capacity to Handle Guantánamo Cases (2010)