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List of Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo Bay

The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding four Kazakh detainees in Guantanamo.[1]A total of 778 detainees have been held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba since the camps opened on January 11, 2002. The camp population peaked in 2004 at approximately 660. Only nineteen new detainees, all "high value detainees" have been transferred there since the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush. As of January 2008, the camp population stand at approximately 285.

Release negotiations

Kazakhstan's First Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abuseitov confirmed, on January 16, 2003, that Kazakh security officials had interviewed two Kazakhstan citizens in Guantanamo.[2]He described the two detainees as "young", and stated that Kazakhstan had appealed to the USA for their release.

In November 2003, the Central Asia Caucasus Institute Analyst reported that Kazakh Foreign Minister Qasymzhomart ToqaevKazakhstan had been negotiated with the USA for the release of its citizens.[3]The Minister stated:

... the situation is complicated by the admissions of some of the prisoners that they took part in military operations with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Kazakh detainees in Guantanamo

Ambassador Ordway's 22 May 2007 press briefing

American ambassador John M. Ordway addressed the Kazakhstani detainees in Guantanamo during a May 22, 2007, press briefing at the Kazakhstani Press Club.[12]Ordway confirmed that one detainee the USA considered a citizen of Kazakhstan remained in Guantanamo. He stated that it was against US policy to compensate former detainees. He asserted detainees were not detained any longer than necessary for US national security.

October 2008 repatriation

On October 31, 2008, the Department of Defense announced two detainees were repatriated to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan.[13]The DoD withheld the two men's names.

References

  1. ^ OARDEC (May 15, 2006). "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. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
  2. ^ "Kazakhstan to appeal to U.S. to release Guantanamo detainees". Central Asia Caucasus Institute Analyst. February 2, 2003. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  3. ^ "Kazakhstan inquiries about its citizen at Guantanamo". Central Asia Caucasus Institute Analyst. November 25, 2003. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  4. ^ "Perkins Coie Pro Bono Client Ihlkham Battayav Released from Guantanamo". Perkins Cole. December 18, 2006. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  5. ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 1-9
  6. ^ Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf) of Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev Administrative Review Board, May 2, 2005 - page 43
  7. ^ Summarized transcript (.pdf), from Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev's Administrative Review Board hearing - pages 136-137
  8. ^ a b c "Three ex-Guantánamo detainees free in Kazakhstan". The St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. 2006-12-26. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
  9. ^ a b Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Abdallah Tohtasinovich Magrupov's Combatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 7-11
  10. ^ OARDEC (18 October 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Abahanov, Yakub" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. p. 48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  11. ^ a b OARDEC (8 July 2005). "Unclassified Summary of Evidence for Administrative Review Board in the case of Abahanov, Yakub" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. 85–87. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  12. ^ John M. Ordway (May 22, 2007). "Press Conference with Ambassador Ordway". American Embassy in Kazakhstan. Archived from the original on June 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-03. With regard to the issue of compensation, we do not pay compensation for any of the enemy combatants who were in the Guantanamo facility.
  13. ^ "Detainee Transfer Announced". Department of Defense. 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  1. ^ Countries of Citizenship of Guantanamo detainees from the New York Times