Muhibullo Abdulkarim Umarov
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Moyuballah Homaro or Muhibullo Abdulkarim Umarov is a citizen of Tajikistan
who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in Cuba
. According to the Department of Defense, he was born on October 6, 1980, in Alisurkhan, Tajikistan. His Internment Serial Number
was 729.
Moyuballah Homaro was transferred to Tajikistan on March 31, 2004.
who had been held in military custody, the US Department of Defense released, on May 15, 2006, listed his name as Moyuballah Homaro.
In May 2001, when he graduated, a new Tajikistan government gave him a passport. Umarov returned to Pakistan, seeking work, on his legitimate passport. He was caught up in round up of foreigners following Pakistan's first suicide bombing, in May 2002. Pakistan handed him over to the Americans, and he spent several months in Bagram, and two years in Afghanistan.
When Umarov was eventually released from Guantanamo the Americans did not return his passport. Instead they gave him a letter saying they no longer regarded him as a threat. Umarov says this letter, and his lack of real identity documents is a constant source of threats to his safety.
Mazharuddin,
the two other Tajik men he was captured with, were sent to Guantanamo in early August 2002.
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
who was held in extrajudicial detention
Extrajudicial detention
Arbitrary or extrajudicial detention is the detention of individuals by a state, without ever laying formal charges against them.Although it has a long history of legitimate use in wartime , detention without charge, sometimes in secret, has been one of the hallmarks of totalitarian states...
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 detainment camp
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in 2002 by the Bush Administration to hold detainees from the war in Afghanistan and later Iraq...
s, 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...
. According to the Department of Defense, he was born on October 6, 1980, in Alisurkhan, Tajikistan. His Internment Serial Number
was 729.
Moyuballah Homaro was transferred to Tajikistan on March 31, 2004.
Identity
The first official list, of all Guantanamo detainees,who had been held in military custody, the US Department of Defense released, on May 15, 2006, listed his name as Moyuballah Homaro.
Capture and Guantanamo detention
Umarov traveled to Pakistan, as a refugee from Tajikistan's civil war, in 1994, where he finished his education.In May 2001, when he graduated, a new Tajikistan government gave him a passport. Umarov returned to Pakistan, seeking work, on his legitimate passport. He was caught up in round up of foreigners following Pakistan's first suicide bombing, in May 2002. Pakistan handed him over to the Americans, and he spent several months in Bagram, and two years in Afghanistan.
When Umarov was eventually released from Guantanamo the Americans did not return his passport. Instead they gave him a letter saying they no longer regarded him as a threat. Umarov says this letter, and his lack of real identity documents is a constant source of threats to his safety.
Bagram
Umarov spent several months under primitive and brutal conditions in an American prison in Bagram airport.- "In two months at bagram, Umarov says, he had only one interrogation -- with an American woman who questioned him in PersianPersian languagePersian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
and seemed confused as to why he was there. 'We were along in the room,' he says. 'She checked my documents and listened to my answers, then told me I wasn't guilty.'..."
Guantanamo
Nevertheless Umarov, Abdughaffor andMazharuddin,
the two other Tajik men he was captured with, were sent to Guantanamo in early August 2002.