Hajiakbar Abdulghupur
Hajiakbar Abdulghupur | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 Ghulja, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China |
| Occupation | Former detainee at Guantanamo Bay detention camp |
| Known for | Detention at Guantanamo Bay for over eleven years; successful habeas corpus petition leading to release |
Hajiakbar Abdulghupur is a citizen of China who was held at the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp located in Cuba for a period exceeding eleven years.
According to the DoD, his year of birth is approximately 1973, and he originates from Ghulja, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.
He was among the 22 Uyghur individuals detained at Guantanamo despite early indications supporting their innocence.
In 2008, Abdulghupur succeeded in his habeas corpus petition; Judge Ricardo Urbina declared his detention unlawful and mandated his release within the United States.
Following more than ten years in custody, Abdulghupur was relocated to Slovakia in December 2013.
External links
- From Guantánamo to the United States: The Story of the Wrongly Imprisoned Uighurs by Andy Worthington, October 9, 2008
- Unclassified opinion (redacted) by Judge Ricardo Urbina
- MOTIONS/STATUS HEARING - UIGHURS CASES BEFORE HONORABLE RICARDO M. URBINA
- Human Rights First; Habeas Works: Federal Courts’ Capacity to Handle Guantánamo Cases (June 2010)