Uzbek captives held in Guantanamo

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On May 15, 2006 the United States Department of Defense acknowledged that there have been 7 Uzbek captives held in Guantanamo.^[1] The Guantanamo Bay detainment camps were opened on January 11, 2002 at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, in Cuba. The Bush administration asserted that all captives taken in the "global war on terror" could be held there, in extrajudicial detention, without revealing their names. So far as the captive's families and friends would know, they would just disappear.

However, the Associated Press had filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the names of all the captives. The Department of Defense filed justifications for why they should not be obliged to release the information the Associated Press requested. They justified keeping the information secret not to protect the United States "national security", but merely because they were concerned to protect the captive's privacy.

The Department of Defense exhausted their legal appeals and were forced, by a court order, to release the identities of all the Guantanamo captives.

[edit] List of Uzbeks who the DoD has acknowledged they have held in Guantanamo

ID	name	page number	notes
22	Sahkhrukh Hamiduva	CSRT transcript 70-80	Child refugee.[2] Claims abuse in custody.
84	Ilkham Turdbyavich Batayev	CSRT transcript #47 47 ARB transcript 116	Was captured by the Northern Alliance, imprisoned in al Janki prison in Mazari Sharif, and was present during, and injured by, the al Janki prison riot.[3] Official list says he was a citizen of Uzbekistan. Some reports say he was from Kazakhstan.
452	Abu Bakir Jamaludinovich	CSRT transcript 136-147	Allegedly a member of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.[4] Allegedly trained at an Afghan military camp. Allegedly stayed in a safe house owned by the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group Allegedly served on the front lines.
454	Mohammed Sadiq Adam	.	There is no record that a Combatant Status Review Tribunal reviewed this captive's status.
455	Ali Sher Hamidullah	.	There is no record this captive participated ih his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.
672	Zakirjan Asam	CSRT transcript 1	Allegedly a member of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.[5] Determined not to have been an enemy combatant during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[6] Was held in Guantanamo for a further two years after the determination he had never been an enemy combatant was made.[7][8] Was involuntarily transferred to an refugee camp in Albania. The Center for Constitutional Rights is aiding Asam and four other men sue former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers and some Guantanamo officers. Some reports say he is a Russian.
675	Kamalludin Kasimbekov	CSRT transcript 36-45	Allegedly trained at an Afghan military camp.[9] Inadequate transcript — only two of at least half a dozen allegations were recorded in the transcript.

[edit] References

1. ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
2. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Sahkhrukh Hamiduva's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 70-80
3. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Ilkham Turdbyavich Batayev'sCombatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 47
4. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Abu Bakir Jamaludinovich's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 136-147
5. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Zakirjan Asam's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - mirror - pages 1-14
6. ^ Guantanamo Bay Detainees Classifed as "No Longer Enemy Combatants", Washington Post
7. ^ Gabriel Haboubi. "Ex-detainees claim abuse after US tribunal ruled them not 'enemy combatants'", The Jurist, Friday, March 23, 2007. Retrieved on April 1, 2007.
8. ^ Matt Apuzzo. "Detainees: We're Not Enemy Combatants", Associated Press, March 22, 2007. Retrieved on April 1, 2007.
9. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Kamalludin Kasimbekov's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 36-45