Polad Sabir Sirajov
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Habeas petition
Sirajov had a habeas corpusHabeas 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...
petition published on his behalf.
But, although the Department of Defense published documents from the CSR Tribunals of 179 captives, they did not publish any of his habeas documents.
In July 2008 the US District Court ruled that his habeas petition was moot
Moot
Moot may refer to:* from Moot as an Old English language term for meeting:**Folkmoot**Jamtamót, the old assembly of Jämtland**Witenagemot, the High Council of Anglo-Saxon England...
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On December 30, 2008 United States Department of Justice
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...
official Daniel M. Barish informed the court that the DoJ had filed "factual returns" in seven habeas cases, including captive 89's.
First annual Administrative Review Board
A Summary of Evidence memoSummary of Evidence (ARB)
Counter-terrorism analysts prepared a Summary of Evidence memo for the Administrative Review Board hearings of approximately 460 captives in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba from December 2004 to December 2005.-Release of the memos:...
was prepared for Poolad T. Tsiradzho's first annual Administrative Review Board, on 3 December 2004.
The following primary factors favor continued detention:
The following primary factors favor release or transfer:
Second annual Administrative Review Board
A Summary of Evidence memoSummary of Evidence (ARB)
Counter-terrorism analysts prepared a Summary of Evidence memo for the Administrative Review Board hearings of approximately 460 captives in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba from December 2004 to December 2005.-Release of the memos:...
was prepared for Poolad T. Tsiradzho's second annual Administrative Review Board, on 23 February 2006.
The memo listed factors for and against his continued detention.
Recruitment
Gamat Suleyman, the head of the BakuBaku
Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...
's Abu Bakr mosque, denied reports that said Polad had been recruited through the mosque.
Suleyman said that with thousands of worshipers he did not know all of them personally, but he denied that "Wahabism, which is followed by radicals, including the leader of the Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad...
terror cell bin Laden
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of the militant Islamist organization Al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets...
, has never been propagandized at Abu Bakr."
Rafig Aliyev
Rafig Aliyev
Rafig Aziz oglu Aliyev is an Azerbaijani academic in the fields of petroleum chemistry and control engineering. He is a professor and corresponding member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, head of a cathedra of “Automatization of Manufacturing Processes” of Azerbaijan State Oil Academy,...
, chairman of the State Committee for Work with Religious Associations, stated that 54 people had been arrested in the Mosque in the past, and that Wahabism is still promoted there.
He expressed skepticism that a sole individual could contact bin Laden, without help.
Release
The Azeri-Press Information Agency reported on May 25, 2006 that Sirajov requested that he be released to Russia, not Azerbaijan.The Azeri-Press Information Agency quotes Elchin Behbudov of the Azerbaijan Committee Against Torture, who stated on June 1, 2006, that Sirajov was receiving rehabilitation treatment in a third country.
Behbudov said that Sirajov was expectected to be returned to Russia, not Azeribaijan, when his treatment was complete.
Sirajov has been reported to be on his way to the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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The Azeri-Press Information Agency reported on March 4, 2009, that Sirajov was still in Guantanamo.
They reported that he was believed to be one of the 60 captives who have been cleared for release.
External links
- The Guantánamo Files: Website Extras (1) – The Qala-i-Janghi Massacre Andy Worthington
- Three Neglected Ex-Guantánamo Prisoners in Slovakia Embark on a Hunger Strike 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....
June 27, 2010