Timur Ravilich Ishmurat Explained

Timur Ishmuratov is a Russian citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.[1] [2]

Ishmuratov was one of eight Russians held by the United States in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. He was repatriated to Russian custody, cleared, released, and subsequently rearrested for suspicion of an act of sabotage in Russia.[3]

Repatriation

Ishmuratov and six of the Russian captives were repatriated in February 2004.[4]

Ishmuratov, Ravil Gumarov and Fanis Shaikhutdinov were arrested in 2005 for a role in a January 8, 2005, bombing of a natural gas pipeline.[3] The three men were acquitted in October 2005.The three men described being tortured by Russian police, who were trying to secure confessions.The Prosecution filed an appeal, and the three men were convicted in 2006, following their retrial.[5] Human rights workers claimed the trials were "riddled with irregularities".[6]

In 2007, a human rights report that criticized the Bush administration for repatriating Guantanamo captives to Russia on the grounds US law proscribed returning individuals to countries where they were likely to face torture.[7] [8] [9]

Defense Intelligence Agency claims he "returned to terrorism"

The Defense Intelligence Agency asserted Timur Ravilich Ishmurat had "returned to terrorism".[10] [11] The DIA reported:

Medical records

On March 16, 2007, the Department of Defense published records of the captives' height and weights.[12] [13]

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. United States Department of Defense. 2006-05-15. 2007-09-29.
  2. News: Former Guantanamo Bay detainee arrested in Moscow . 2006-03-09 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20090215141626/http://www.rferl.org/content/Article/1066525.html . 2009-02-15 . dead.
  3. News: Suspects Say They Were Tortured . 2005-10-18 . Maria Danilova . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605055519/http://www.sptimes.ru/story/15867 . 2011-06-05 . dead.
  4. News: Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased . . . 2008-10-09 . 2008-12-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081220004442/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/09-F-0031_doc1.pdf . 2008-12-20.
  5. News: 3 terrorism suspects convicted in bombing. 2006-05-09. International Herald Tribune. June 24, 2006.
  6. News: Activists Blast Trial Of Russian Ex-Guantanamo Detainees . 2005-09-04 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20090613144143/http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1071059.html . 2009-06-13 . dead.
  7. News: Rights Group Challenges Assurances On Torture . 2007-03-28 . Peter Finn . . A11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121108051938/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/28/AR2007032802119_pf.html . 2012-11-08 . dead.
  8. News: US Sent Guantanamo Detainees Home to Torture in Russia . 2007-03-29 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20081205063045/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/550e0fd036e2cb9834e43646c6b35d58.htm . 2008-12-05 . dead.
  9. Web site: The "Stamp of Guantanamo": The Story of Seven Men Betrayed by Russia's Diplomatic Assurances to the United States . March 2007 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20090525031255/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2007/russia0307/ . 2009-05-25 . dead.
  10. News: Fact Sheet: Former GTMO Detainee Terrorism Trends . . 2008-06-13 . 2008-07-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080709112647/http://www.defenselink.mil/news/d20080613Returntothefightfactsheet.pdf . 2008-07-09.
  11. News: Inflating the Guantánamo Threat . 2009-05-26 . Peter Bergen, Katherine Tedemann . . https://web.archive.org/web/20151003220750/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/opinion/29bergen.html . 2015-10-03 . dead.
  12. Web site: Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba . . . 2007-03-16 . 2008-12-22 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20090125010428/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/measurements/ . 2009-01-25.
  13. Web site: Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: ISNs 576-679 . . . 2007-03-16 . 2008-12-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090125034051/http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/measurements/ISN_576-ISN_679.pdf . 2009-01-25.

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