List of Tajikistani detainees at Guantanamo Bay

On May 15, 2006, the United States Department of Defense officially confirmed that twelve Tajik nationals were detained at Guantanamo. The Guantanamo Bay detention camp began operations on January 11, 2002, located within the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.

Press coverage

In 2006, Mother Jones published a piece entitled "The Man Who Has Been to America: One Guantanamo detainee's story," which was based on an interview with Muhibullo Abdulkarim Umarov, a Tajik originating from Alisurkhon. Umarov recounted that he and two acquaintances were apprehended in Pakistan and transferred to Guantanamo; one acquaintance named Mazharudin is listed in official records, while the other, Abdughaffor, is absent. All three individuals were released on March 31, 2004.

The Department of Defense confirmed the detention of twelve Tajiks and had conducted Combatant Status Review Tribunals for six of them by 2005. On March 1, 2007, three Tajik detainees were returned to Tajikistan.

According to a report by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty dated August 7, 2007, former detainee Mukit Vohidov was repatriated in March 2007 and was preparing to face trial. Another ex-detainee, Ibrohim Nasriddinov, had already been convicted and sentenced to 23 years imprisonment.

Roster of Tajik detainees at Guantanamo

ISN	Name	Date of birth	Arrival date	Departure date	Remarks
00076	Rukniddin Sharipov	1973-03-15	2002-01-15	2007-02-28	Returned to Tajikistan in March 2007. Convicted as a mercenary following trial on August 7, 2007; received a 17-year sentence. Allegedly subjected to intimidation by Tajik security forces aimed at coercing cooperation in espionage against militants.
00077	Mehrabanb Fazrollah	1962-10-18	2002-02-09	2007-02-28
00083	Yusef Nabied	1963-08-05	2002-02-08	2004-07-17	Released on July 17, 2004, prior to the initiation of Combatant Status Review Tribunals.
00090	Abdumukite Vokhidov	1969-11-13	2002-01-15	2007-02-28
00208	Maroof Saleemovich Salehove	1978-03-03	2002-01-20	2005-08-19	Returned on August 19, 2005. Tribunal concluded he was not an enemy combatant.
00257	Omar Hamzayavich Abdulayev	1978-10-11	2002-02-09	2016-07-10	Identified as the last Tajik detainee as of November 2009. Reported facing pressure from security officials to simulate militant behavior for intelligence gathering.
00641	Abdul Karim Irgashive	1965-05-07	2002-06-08	2004-07-17	Released on July 17, 2004.
00665	Sadee Eideov	1953	2002-06-14	2004-03-31	Discharged on March 31, 2004.
00729	Muhibullo Abdulkarim Umarov	1980-10-06	2002-08-05	2004-03-31
00731	Mazharudin	1979-12-01	2002-08-05	2004-03-31
00732	Shirinov Ghafar Homarovich	1974-01-09	2002-08-05	2004-03-31
01095	Zainulabidin Merozhev	1978	unknown	2008-10-31