Russian captives in Guantanamo
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The United States Department of Defense
acknowledges holding nine
Russian detainees in Guantanamo.
However, the actual number of Russian citizens in Guantanamo remains unclear.
Several men known to have been held in Guantanamo are missing from the official list.
One citizen of Uzbekistan
is listed as a Russian.
A total of 778 detainees have been held in extrajudicial detention
in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
since the camps opened on January 11, 2002
The camp population peaked in 2004 at approximately 660. Only nineteen new detainees, all "high value detainees" have been transferred there since the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush
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United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
acknowledges holding nine
Russian detainees in Guantanamo.
However, the actual number of Russian citizens in Guantanamo remains unclear.
Several men known to have been held in Guantanamo are missing from the official list.
One citizen of Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
is listed as a Russian.
A total of 778 detainees have been 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 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...
since the camps opened on January 11, 2002
The camp population peaked in 2004 at approximately 660. Only nineteen new detainees, all "high value detainees" have been transferred there since the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush
Rasul v. Bush
Rasul v. Bush, 542 U.S. 466 , is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision establishing that the U.S. court system has the authority to decide whether foreign nationals held in Guantanamo Bay were wrongfully imprisoned...
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Russian detainees in Guantanamo
82 | Rasul Kudayev Rasul Kudayev Rasul Kudayev is a Russian citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.Kudayev is a Muslim from the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria.... |
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203 | Ravil Shafeyavich Gumarov |
Defense Intelligence Agency The Defense Intelligence Agency is a member of the Intelligence Community of the United States, and is the central producer and manager of military intelligence for the United States Department of Defense, employing over 16,500 U.S. military and civilian employees worldwide... classifies him as a former detainee who "returned to terrorism". |
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Almasm Rabilavich Sharipov Almasm Rabilavich Sharipov Almasm Rabilavich Sharipov is a citizen of Russia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 209.-Repatriation:... |
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211 | Ruslan Anatoloivich Odijev |
Defense Intelligence Agency The Defense Intelligence Agency is a member of the Intelligence Community of the United States, and is the central producer and manager of military intelligence for the United States Department of Defense, employing over 16,500 U.S. military and civilian employees worldwide... classifies him as a former detainee who "returned to terrorism". |
492 | Aiat Nasimovich Vahitov |
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573 | Rustam Akhmyarov Rustam Akhmyarov Rustam Akhmyarov is a Russian who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 573.... |
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672 | Zakirjan Asam Zakirjan Asam -Transcript:Asam chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a fourteen page summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.... |
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674 | Timur Ravilich Ishmurat |
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702 | Ravil Mingazov Ravil Mingazov Ravil Mingazov is a citizen of Russia currently detained in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.The Department of Defense reports that Mingazov was born on 5 December 1967, in Bolsheretski, Russia.... |