Abdullah Abdulqadirakhun is a Uyghur refugee, who was held for more than seven years in

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s, in

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. The

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reports that Abdulqadirakhum was born on June 18, 1979, in

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, China and assigned him the

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285. Abdulqadirakhun was one of the 22 Uighurs held in Guantanamo. It was later learned that he was innocent of the claims against him.17 Innocent Uighurs Detained at Guantánamo Ask Supreme Court for Release | Center for Constitutional Rights

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'', November 4, 2004 He won his

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in 2008. Judge

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declared his detention as unlawful and ordered to set him free in the

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. He was sent to

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in June 2009 together with three other Uyghurs, Khalil Mamut, Huzaifa Parhat and Emam Abdulahat, on June 11, 2009.

References

External links

From Guantánamo to the United States: The Story of the Wrongly Imprisoned Uighurs

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October 9, 2008
Judge Ricardo Urbina’s unclassified opinion (redacted version)

MOTIONS/STATUS HEARING - UIGHURS CASES BEFORE THE HONORABLE RICARDO M. URBINA
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Habeas Works: Federal Courts’ Proven Capacity to Handle Guantánamo Cases (2010)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdulqadirakhum, Abdullah Chinese Islamists Chinese extrajudicial prisoners of the United States 1979 births Living people Uyghurs Guantanamo detainees known to have been released People from Xinjiang