Akhdar Qasem Basit
| Akhdar Qasem Basit |
| Born |
November 4, 1973(1973-11-04)
Ghulja, China |
| Detained at |
Guantanamo |
| ISN |
276 |
| Status |
Transferred to an Albanian refugee camp. |
Akhdar Qasem Basit is a Uyghur citizen of China who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts report Basit was born on November 14, 1973, in Ghulja, China.
Basit is one of approximately two dozen detainees from the Uyghur ethnic group.[2]
Determined not to have been an Enemy Combatant
The Washington Post reports that Basit was one of 38 detainees who was determined not to have been an enemy combatant during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[3][4] The Department of Defense refers to these men as No Longer Enemy Combatants.
Asylum in Albania
A lawsuit demanding release from Guantanamo was scheduled by the attorneys for five of the Uyghur captives who had been determined to have not been enemy combatants, including Akhdar Qasem Basit, to take place in the US District Court on May 8, 2006.[5] However, three days before the trial it was announced that Albania had offered to accept patriation of all five prisoners.[6][7] The same day, the Department of Justice filed an "Emergency Motion to Dismiss as Moot", asking that the trial be cancelled.[8][9] Attorney Barbara Olshansky characterized the sudden transfer as an attempt to "avoid having to answer in court for keeping innocent men in jail"[10]"
Press reports
On June 8, 2007, in an interview in the Dallas Star-Telegram Basit described his health deteriorating in his Albanian refugee camp.[11]
On June 15, 2008 the McClatchy News Service published articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives. McClatchy reporters interviewed Akhdar Qasem Basit.[12][13] The McClatchy interviews confirms the reports his health is failing:
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- "Even in Guantanamo, I was strong. Look up the records: I did not need doctors. But now, everything has changed. I am sick every day; I am in pain every day. It is no secret why. I have lost hope."
- "I have not seen my daughter since she was 4 months old. When I arrived, I had hope, but it is clear I will never see her again. I will never again see my wife. I have no dreams for the future."
- "It's sad, isn't it? We grow up believing America is the land of hope. And yet, that is who killed hope for me."
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References
- ^ OARDEC (May 15, 2006). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006". United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
- ^ China's Uighurs trapped at Guantanamo, Asia Times, November 4, 2004
- ^ Guantanamo Bay Detainees Classifed as "No Longer Enemy Combatants", Washington Post
- ^ "Detainees Found to No Longer Meet the Definition of "Enemy Combatant" during Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. November 19, 2007. http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2008/03/27/20/NLEC_DetaineeList.source.prod_affiliate.56.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
- ^ Albania accepts Chinese Guantanamo detainees, Washington Post, May 5, 2006
- ^ Golden, Tim. New York Times, Chinese Leave Guantánamo for Albanian Limbo, June 10 2007
- ^ detainee release announced, Department of Defense, May 5, 2006
- ^ Emergency Motion to Dismiss as Moot, Department of Justice, May 5, 2006
- ^ Making Justice Moot, Alternet, May 6, 2006
- ^ Albania takes Guantanamo Uighurs, BBC, May 6, 2006
- ^ Matthew Schofield. "Freedom proves bitter for released detainee". Dallas Star-Telegram. http://www.star-telegram.com/279/story/129720.html. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ^ Tom Lasseter (June 15, 2008). "Guantanamo Inmate Database: Page 2". McClatchy News Service. http://services.mcclatchyinteractive.com/detainees?page=2. Retrieved 2008-06-16. mirror
- ^ Tom Lasseter (June 15, 2008). "Guantanamo Inmate Database: Akhdar Qasem Basit". McClatchy News Service. http://detainees.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/22. Retrieved 2008-06-16. mirror
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Adel Abdulhehim, Ahmed Adil, Mohammed Ayub, Akhdar Qasem Basit, Abu Bakker Qassim, Sadik Ahmad Turkistani, Nag Mohammed, Yusef Abbas, Abdul Razak, Emam Abdulahat, Abdullah Abdulqadirakhun, Bahtiyar Mahnut, Dawut Abdurehim, Hajiakbar Abdulghupur, Hassan Anvar, Hozaifa Parhat, Arkin Mahmud, Abdul Helil Mamut, Ahmed Mohamed, Adel Noori, Abdul Ghappar Abdul Rahman, Ahmad Tourson
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Abdul Rahman, Mohammad Gul, Gul Zaman, Abdul Rahim Muslimdost, Qalandar Shah, Shahwali Zair Mohammed Shaheen Naqeebyllah, Rasool Shahwali Zair Mohammed Mohammed, Abdul Qudus, Shahzada, Hammdidullah, Mohammad Nasim, Kako Kandahari, Feda Ahmed, Nasibullah, Habib Noor, Jalil, Hukumra Khan
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| Currently held in Guantanamo |
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| Released to Albania in May 2006 |
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| Released to Bermuda in June 2009 |
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| Released to Palau in October 2009 |
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| Released to Switzerland in March 2010 |
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