Ravil Gumarov is a Russian citizen who is alleged to have ties to
terrorism.
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Gumarov was one of eight Russians held by the
United States in
extrajudicial detention
Administrative detention is arrest and detention of individuals by the state without trial. A number of jurisdictions claim that it is done for security reasons. Many countries claim to use administrative detention as a means to combat terrorism ...
in the
Guantanamo Bay detention camp
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp ( es, Centro de detención de la bahía de Guantánamo) is a United States military prison located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, also referred to as Guantánamo, GTMO, and Gitmo (), on the coast of Guant ...
s, in
Cuba.
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His Guantanamo
Internment Serial Number An Internment Serial Number (ISN) is an identification number assigned to captives who come under control of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) during armed conflicts.
History
On March 3, 2006, in compliance with a court order from D ...
was 203.
The
Department of Defense reports Gumaraov was born on November 22, 1962, in
Gushva, Russia
He was repatriated to Russian custody, cleared, then released.
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He was subsequently rearrested for suspicion of an act of sabotage. Gumarov, fellow Guantanamo detainee
Timur Ishmuratov
and
Fanis Shaikhutdinov were convicted of bombing a natural gas pipeline on May 9, 2006.
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Gumarov has been described as a failed businessman from Sverdlovsk who is alleged to have had military training in Chechnya
Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the ...
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Defense Intelligence Agency claims he "returned to terrorism"
The Defense Intelligence Agency asserted Ravil Shafeyavich Gumarov had "returned to terrorism".[
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The DIA reported:
Ravil Shafeyavich Gumarov and Timur Ravilich Ishmurat
Timur Ishmuratov is a Russian citizen who was held in extrajudicial detention
Administrative detention is arrest and detention of individuals by the state without trial. A number of jurisdictions claim that it is done for security reasons. Many ...
were transferred to Russia in March 2004 and quickly released. Russian authorities arrested them in January 2005 for involvement in a gas line bombing. In May 2006 a Russian court convicted both, sentencing Gumarov to 13 years in prison and Ishmurat to 11 years.
References
1962 births
Living people
People from Bashkortostan
Russian Muslims
Russian extrajudicial prisoners of the United States
Guantanamo detainees known to have been released
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