Emam Abdulahat
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Salahidin Abdulahat is an Uyghur
refugee, imprisoned for seven years in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 295.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo
counter-terrorism
analysts reports that he was born on June 1, 1977, in Konashahar, China.
Salahidin Abdulahat is one of the 22 Uighurs held in Guantanamo
. It was later learned that he was innocent of the charges against him.
After filing a writ of habeas corpus
in 2008, Judge Ricardo Urbina declared his detention as unlawful and ordered him to be freed in the United States
. He was sent to Bermuda
in June 2009, and according to The Royal Gazette
, a newspaper published in Bermuda
, he was one of four Uyghurs hired as groundskeepers at the Port Royal Golf Course
.
The April 26, 2010, report asserted their jobs paid $51,000 a year.
Uyghur people
The Uyghur are a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia. Today, Uyghurs live primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China...
refugee, imprisoned for seven years in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 295.
Joint Task Force Guantanamo
Joint Task Force Guantanamo
Joint Task Force Guantanamo is a U.S. military joint task force based at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba on the southeastern end of the island. JTF-GTMO falls under US Southern Command...
counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism
Counter-terrorism is the practices, tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, militaries, police departments and corporations adopt to prevent or in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed.The tactic of terrorism is available to insurgents and governments...
analysts reports that he was born on June 1, 1977, in Konashahar, China.
Salahidin Abdulahat is one of the 22 Uighurs held in Guantanamo
Uyghur detainees in Guantanamo
The United States government detained twenty-two Uyghurs in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp since 2002. As of today the five Uyghurs Abdul Razakah, Yusef Abbas, Hajiakbar Abdulghupur, Saidullah Khalik and Ahmed Mohamed remain in Guantanamo and have filed cases in US courts to obtain the right to...
. It was later learned that he was innocent of the charges against him.
After filing a writ of habeas corpus
Habeas corpus
is a writ, or legal action, through which a prisoner can be released from unlawful detention. The remedy can be sought by the prisoner or by another person coming to his aid. Habeas corpus originated in the English legal system, but it is now available in many nations...
in 2008, Judge Ricardo Urbina declared his detention as unlawful and ordered him to be freed in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. He was sent to Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
in June 2009, and according to The Royal Gazette
The Royal Gazette
The Royal Gazette, founded in 1828, is the only daily newspaper in the island nation of Bermuda. It is published Mondays through Saturdays; there is no Sunday edition....
, a newspaper published in Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
, he was one of four Uyghurs hired as groundskeepers at the Port Royal Golf Course
Port Royal Golf Course
Port Royal Golf Course is a golf club located in Southampton, Bermuda.-History:Located in the Southampton Parish, Southampton Golf Club, as the course was originally known, was founded in 1965 under the chairmanship of Mr. Reginald Tucker, with land being purchased in July 1965 after being given...
.
The April 26, 2010, report asserted their jobs paid $51,000 a year.
External links
- From Guantánamo to the United States: The Story of the Wrongly Imprisoned Uighurs Andy WorthingtonAndy WorthingtonAndy Worthington is a British historian, journalist, and film director.He has published three books, and been published in numerous publications.In 2009 Worthington was the co-director of a documentary about the Guantanamo detainees....
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)