A'Del Abdu al-Hakim
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A'Del Abdu Al-Hakim is a Uyghur from China's western frontier, Xinjiang (also known as East Turkistan) who was captured in the United States' war on terror in late 2001. He was detained as a suspected terrorist in Camp Delta, in the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He has since been determined not to have actually been an "enemy combatant".
The detainees had been ruled "illegal combatants" by administrative fiat. Following legal challenges, the Bush administration was forced to provide a mechanism to review the Guantanamo detainees' status.
Al-Hakim was one of the 38 detainees whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal concluded he had not been an "illegal combatant."
Some of those detainees were repatriated once they were determined to be innocent. Others, like Al-Hakim and Sami Al Laithi, face possible torture if they are returned.
According to an article distributed by the Associated Press, Al-Hakim, his compatriot Abu Baker Qassim, and eight others were moved from imprisonment at the main compound of Camp Delta to a less harsh imprisonment at Camp Iguana.Knowlton, Brian. [New York Times]. Supreme Court Rejects Bid by Guantanamo Detainees. 17 April 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2006.
A February 18 2006 article in the Washington Times claimed that Abu Bakker Qassim and A'Del Abdu al-Hakim had received military training in Afghanistan.[U.S. hit on human rights]. Washington Times. 18 February 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2006. It reported they were not classified as "illegal combatants" because they intended to go home and employ their training against the Chinese government. Some earlier reports had described them as economic refugees, who were slowly working their way to Turkey.
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External links
- [Judge Asks Status of Gitmo Detainees], South Georgia Online, August 25 2005
- [Judge Weighs Order to Release Two at Gitmo], Forbes, December 13 2005
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