Yusef Abbas
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Yusef Abbas is a Chinese citizen currently imprisoned in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
Abbas was captured in 2002 by Pakistanis and transferred to Guantanamo Bay, along with nearly two dozen other Uyghurs
. Despite the fact that the U.S. government has cleared the Abbas along with the other Uyghurs at Guantanamo for release, he has not been repatriated. The United Nations Convention Against Torture
forbids the repatriation of people who might be tortured upon their re-arrival. Consequently, Abbas is still being held in Guantanamo. A federal judge ordered his release to the United States in October 2008, but his order was stayed to allow for an appeal from the U.S. government.
Abbas was captured in 2002 by Pakistanis and transferred to Guantanamo Bay, along with nearly two dozen other Uyghurs
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...
. Despite the fact that the U.S. government has cleared the Abbas along with the other Uyghurs at Guantanamo for release, he has not been repatriated. The United Nations Convention Against Torture
United Nations Convention Against Torture
The United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment is an international human rights instrument, under the review of the United Nations, that aims to prevent torture around the world....
forbids the repatriation of people who might be tortured upon their re-arrival. Consequently, Abbas is still being held in Guantanamo. A federal judge ordered his release to the United States in October 2008, but his order was stayed to allow for an appeal from the U.S. government.
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)