Khalil Mamut Explained

Khalil Mamut
Birth Place:	Kashgar, Xinjiang, China
Detained At:	Guantanamo
Id Number:	278
Alias:	Khaleel Mamut Abdul Nasser Abdul Helil Mamut
Charge:	No charge
Status:	Released

Khalil Mamut is a Uyghur refugee, imprisoned for seven years at the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.^[1]

The US Department of Defense estimated that Mamut was born in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, in 1977 and assigned him the Guantanamo Internment Serial Number 278.^[2]

Mamut is one of the 22 Uighurs held in Guantanamo for many years despite it becoming clear early on that they were innocent.^{[3] [4] [5]}

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 UyghursHuzaifa Parhat, Emam Abdulahat and Jalal Jalaladinwere set free in Bermuda on June 11, 2009.^[6]

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: From behind bars to BDA: Gitmo four's joy at new life . 2019-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110128162312/http://bermudasun.bm/main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=46573 . 2011-01-28 . live .
2. Web site: List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006. OARDEC. OARDEC. United States Department of Defense. May 15, 2006. 2007-09-29. https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20070616044741/http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. June 16, 2007. live.
3. News: Innocent detainees need a home . The Boston Globe . Bill . Delahunt . Sabin . Willett . 2009-04-02 . 2019-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090405194313/http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/04/02/innocent_detainees_need_a_home/ . 2009-04-05 . live .
4. Web site: 17 Innocent Uighurs Detained at Guantánamo Ask Supreme Court for Release | Center for Constitutional Rights . 2019-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100826234732/http://ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/17-innocent-uighurs-detained-guant%C3%A1namo-ask-supreme-court-release . 2010-08-26 . live .
5. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FK04Ad02.html China's Uighurs trapped at Guantanamo
6. News: Who Are the Four Guantanamo Uighurs Sent to Bermuda?. 2009-06-11. Andy Worthington. Andy Worthington. Huffington Post. 2009-06-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20090722104751/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/who-are-the-four-guantana_b_214606.html. 2009-07-22. live.