Abdullah Abdulqadirakhum

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Abdullah Abdulqadirakhum is a citizen of China, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.^[1] His detainee ID number is 285. The Department of Defense reports that Abdulqadirakhum was born on June 18, 1979, in Xinjian [sic] China.

Abdulqadirakhun is one of approximately two dozen detainees from the Uighur ethnic group.^[2]

Main article: Uighur detainees in Guantanamo

Contents 1 Combatant Status Review Tribunal 1.1 Allegations 2 Testimony 2.1 witness 3 References

[edit] Combatant Status Review Tribunal

Initially the Bush administration asserted that they could withhold all the protections of the Geneva Conventions to captives from the war on terror. This policy was challenged before the Judicial branch. Critics argued that the USA could not evade its obligation to conduct a competent tribunals to determine whether captives are, or are not, entitled to the protections of prisoner of war status.

Subsequently the Department of Defense instituted the Combatant Status Review Tribunals. The Tribunals, however, were not authorized to determine whether the captives were lawful combatants -- rather they were merely empowered to make a recommendation as to whether the captive had previously been correctly determined to match the Bush administration's definition of an enemy combatant.

[edit] Allegations

A memorandum summarizing the evidence against Abdulqadirakhum prepared for his Combatan Status Reiew Tribunal, was among those released in March of 2005.^[3] The allegations Abdulqadirakhum faced were:

a. The detainee is a part of forces associated with al Qaida and the Taliban:

1. The detainee departed Kyrgyzstan [sic] and traveled to Afghanistan, via Pakistan, in July 2001.
2. The detainee attended the Uigher [sic] training camp in the Tora Bora Mountains of Afghanistan from September through mid October 2001.

b. The detainee participated in military operations against the United States and its coalition partners.

1. The detainee was present at, and participated in, the battle of Tora Bora.
2. The detainee retreated from his position in the Tora Bora Mountains to Pakistan in late 2001, at which point Pakistani authorities apprehended him and his unit.

[edit] Testimony

Abdulqadirakhum chose to participate in his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.^[4]

According to Abdulqadirakhum there were no Taliban or al Qaida at the place the Uighurs stayed.

Abdulqadirakhum acknowledged getting a limited amount of weapons training. Hs said he only fired once, a couple of bullets. He said his trainer was named Hassan Maksum. He was killed during the American bombing campaign. He said another Uighur, named Abdul Haq was in charge of the camp.

The training camp was incomplete, with no latrines. The Uighurs spent most of their time in construction.

[edit] witness

Emam Abdulahat testified on Abdulqadirakhum's behalf. He did not see Abdulqadirakhum receive any military training of engage in any hostilities.

[edit] References

1. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
2. ^ China's Uighurs trapped at Guantanamo, Asia Times, November 4, 2004
3. ^ Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf) prepared for Abdullah Abdulqadirakhum's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - November 3, 2004 - page 55
4. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Abdullah Abdulqadirakhum'sCombatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 26-39