Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman
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Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman is a Yemeni who is detained in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp, in Cuba.[1][2]
Born on March 5, 1982, in Malal, Pakistan, he was a traveling religious teacher. He was ostensibly refused exit from Afghanistan by the Taliban.
When he escaped the country in December 2001,[3] he turned himself over to Pakistani authorities asking them to take him to the Yemeni embassy, but was instead handed over to the American military as an "enemy combatant" whom they alleged had received al-Qaeda training based on his admission that he had met Osama bin Laden, and had "seen" a rifle while visiting a Taliban home.
Uthman's Guantanamo Internment Serial Number is 27, and his name has alternately been given as Uthman H. al-Rahim.[1][3]
As of July 10, 2010, Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman has been held at Guantanamo for eight years six months.[4]
On February 24, 2010, Judge Henry H. Kennedy granted Uthman the writ of habeas corpus. He is the 44th Guantanamo prisoner to receive a merits decision on the legality of his detention, and the 33rd Guantanamo prisoner to have had his detention declared illegal by the courts. On March 29, 2011, this ruling was overturned in a United States federal appeals court. The three judge panel stated that Uthman's explanation of his activities "strains credulity".[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 OARDEC (2006-05-15). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
- ↑ OARDEC (date redacted). "Summarized Detainee Unsworn Statement". United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 12–13. http://wid.ap.org/documents/detainees/uthmanrahim.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 New York Times, Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman,
- ↑ "Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman - The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/27-uthman-abdul-rahim-mohammed-uthman.
- ↑ [1][dead link]
External links
- The Black Hole of Guantánamo Andy Worthington March 2, 2010
- Judge Rules Yemeni’s Detention at Guantánamo Based Solely on Torture Andy Worthington April 4, 2010
- Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr.’s unclassified opinion (March 2010)
- Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr.’s revised unclassified opinion (April 2010)
- DOJ’s Troubled Case Against Uthman ProPublica, October. 8, 2010
- A Tale of 2 Gitmo Opinions: Ruling Altered to Hide Evidence of Dead, Tortured Witnesses – video report by Democracy Now!
- Mocking the Law, Judges Rule that Evidence Is Not Necessary to Hold Insignificant Guantánamo Prisoners for the Rest of Their Lives
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