Rukniddin Fayziddinovich Sharipov

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Rukniddin Fayziddinovich Sharipov (born on 15 March 1974 in Leninabad, Tajikistan) is a citizen of Tajikistan held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba.^[1]

1 Combatant Status Review Tribunals
2 Administrative Review Board
3 References

[edit] Combatant Status Review Tribunals

Combatant Status Review Tribunal notice read to a Guantanamo captive. During the period July 2004 through March 2005 a Combatant Status Review Tribunal was convened to make a determination whether they had been correctly classified as an "enemy combatant". Participation was optional. The Department of Defense reports that 317 of the 558 captives who remained in Guantanamo, in military custody, attended their Tribunals.

From July 2004 to March 2005 the Department of Defense convened Combatant Status Review Tribunals which reviewed the secret and unclassified evidence that intelligence officials had used when they classified detainees as "Enemy Combatants". A Tribunal sat, for each detainee, to review and make a determination whether the detainee had been correctly classified as an Enemy Combatant.

The Tribunals did not have the authority to determine whether a detainee qualified for the protection of Prisoner of War status, under the Geneva Conventions.

There is no record Sharipov chose to attend his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

Sharipov agreed to testify on behalf of Sobit Valikhonovich at his Tribunal.^[2] Valikhonovich's Tribunal transcript contains four pages of Sharipov's testimony.

[edit] Administrative Review Board

The Department of Defense convened its first round of Administrative Review Board hearings from December 2004 to December 2005. These Boards sat to consider how much of a continuing threat each detainee posed to the United States. The Boards were not authorized to review the Combatant Status Review Tribunal's determination that a detainee was an enemy combatant. They were authorized to review the factors for and against a detainee's continued detention at Guantanamo.

If they determined that there was no reason to continue to hold a detainee at Guantanamo they would then make a recommendation that the detainee be handed over for detention to the government of their country of citizenship, or that the detainee be set free.

At Sharipov’s first appearance before his Board it was determined that translation would be a problem. “...the Persian translation of the Unclassified Summary of Evidence was read to the Detainee. The spoken and written language of the Detainee presented a complication. The spoken language in Tajikistan is Persian, but it is written using the Cyrillic alphabet. The Detainee indicated that he could also read Russian, so a Russian translation of the Unclassified Summary of Evidence was prepared by IOE.”

[edit] The following factors favor continued detention:

a. Commitment

The Detainee stated that his passport and money were taken when he arrived in Lajerg. The Detainee was told his things would be returned once his military job was completed.
The Detainee was given military clothing, received some weapons training, and stood guard duty.
The Detainee traveled from Doshamba, Tajikistan to Mazar-e-Sharif ^[^sic] via Taleel Dora, Lajerg and Konduz, Afghanistan.
The Detainee, along with a group of men, stayed at a military compound in Mazar-e-Sharif ^[^sic].
The Detainee did admit to fighting in the mountains.
The Detainee was at the front lines for seven days in the Khawaja Ghal region of Afghanistan.

b. Training

The Detainee and other soldiers received military and physical training at the Mazar-e-Sharif ^[^sic] Afghanistan facility.
The Detainee stated that he received three days of weapons training at Mazar-e-Sharif ^[^sic]. The Detainee further stated that he never shot the weapons and that training lasted only about one half hour each day.
The Detainee stated that he knew about weapons prior to Camp Lajerg. He stated after attending school for ten years, he took the one-week mandatory weapons training in Tajikistan.

c. Connections/Associations

The Detainee was introduced to an individual who was in command of the soldiers at Lajerg, Tajikistan. The individual told the Detainee to go into the military to work.
The Detainee stated that this individual was a leader for the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). The Detainee also stated that there were only IMU leaders and followers at Camp Lajerg.
The Foreign Government Agency established that the Detainee was recruited by an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Emissary in Tajikistan and was sent to Afghanistan.
The Detainee denied membership with the Taliban regime but did admit to being a member with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
The Detainee confirmed that he was a passenger on a truck that contained Taliban soldiers who had surrendered to Dostum’s forces at the Khawaja Ghal compound.

d. Other Relevant Data

The Detainee denied ever receiving a military uniform.
In Mazar-e-Sharif ^[^sic], Afghanistan, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan gave the Detainee new clothing which consisted of two long shirts with pants. They also gave him a black turban. The detainee denied knowing that the Taliban wore these clothing items.
The Detainee stated he was captured, along with others, at Mazar-e-Sharif ^[^sic], Afghanistan.
The Detainee believes he could be in trouble upon returning home to Tajikistan because he was with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
The Detainee stated that he is willing to return to Tajikistan, as long as he faces no charges upon his return.
The Detainee realized he was “tricked” by an individual upon arriving in Afghanistan.
The detainee acknowledged that he has lied to previous investigators regarding training conducted at Camp Lajerg, Tajikistan.
The Detainee was at Mazar-e-Sharif ^[^sic] during the uprising at Khawaja Ghal, Afghanistan.
According to the Detainee, the leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) ordered all IMU soldiers to surrender to Northern Alliance Forces.

[edit] The following primary factors favor release or transfer:

a. When asked about weapons training at Camp Lajerg, the Detainee stated that he does not like to shoot and that the never received weapons training at Camp Lajerg. He collected wood for the fire.

b. The Detainee stated that before arriving in Afghanistan he had never heard of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.

c. The Detainee stated that he is not an enemy of the United States.

d. The Detainee stated that he likes Cuba. The Detainee said that he would not fight against America, adding that he did not want to fight against anyone.