Abdullah Abdulqadirakhun Explained

Abdullah Abdulqadirakhun
Birth Date:	18 June 1979
Birth Place:	Xinjiang, China
Detained At:	Guantanamo
Id Number:	285
Alias:	Jalal Jalaldin
Charge:	No charge (unlawfully detained)
Status:	Released

Abdullah Abdulqadirakhun is a Uyghur refugee, who was held for more than seven years in Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.^[1]

The Department of Defense reports that Abdulqadirakhum was born on June 18, 1979, in Xinjiang, China and assigned him the Internment Serial Number 285.

Abdulqadirakhun was one of the 22 Uyghurs held in Guantanamo. It was later learned that he was innocent of the claims against him.^{[2] [3] [4]}

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 together with three other Uyghurs, Khalil Mamut, Huzaifa Parhat and Emam Abdulahat, on June 11, 2009.^[5]

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: 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://web.archive.org/web/20070930184034/http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. 30 September 2007 . live.
2. News: Innocent detainees need a home . The Boston Globe . Bill . Delahunt . Sabin . Willett . April 2, 2009 . 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 .
3. 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
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20041109054426/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FK04Ad02.html China's Uighurs trapped at Guantanamo
5. News: Who Are the Four Guantanamo Uighurs Sent to Bermuda? . 2009-06-11 . Andy Worthington . Andy Worthington . Huffington Post . https://web.archive.org/web/20090722104751/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/who-are-the-four-guantana_b_214606.html . 2009-07-22 . live . 2009-06-11 .