Muhibullo Abdulkarim Umarov
Moyuballah Homaro | |
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| Born | October 6, 1980 Alisurkhan, Tajikistan |
| Other names | Muhibullo Abdulkarim Umarov |
| Known for | Former detainee at Guantanamo Bay detention camp |
Moyuballah Homaro, also known as Muhibullo Abdulkarim Umarov, is a citizen of Tajikistan who was subjected to extrajudicial detention at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention facility located in Cuba. The Department of Defense records indicate his birthdate as October 6, 1980, in Alisurkhan, Tajikistan. His assigned Internment Serial Number was 729.
On March 31, 2004, Umarov was repatriated to Tajikistan.
Identity
In the initial official roster of Guantanamo detainees published by the US Department of Defense on May 15, 2006, he appeared under the name Moyuballah Homaro.
Capture and Guantanamo detention
Umarov escaped the civil conflict in Tajikistan in 1994 and pursued his studies in Pakistan. After completing his education in May 2001, he obtained a passport issued by the newly established Tajik government and returned to Pakistan in search of employment. Following Pakistan’s inaugural suicide bombing incident in May 2002, Umarov was detained during a sweep targeting foreigners. Subsequently handed over to US authorities by Pakistan, he spent several months at Bagram before being transferred to Guantanamo for two years.
When released, US officials did not return his passport but provided a letter affirming that he was no longer deemed a security threat. Umarov has expressed concerns that lacking identification documents continues to endanger his personal safety.
Bagram
While held at the Bagram detention center near the airport, Umarov was interrogated only once by an American officer who spoke with him in Persian and concluded that he bore no culpability.
Guantanamo
Nonetheless, Umarov, along with two other Tajik detainees—Abdughaffor and Mazharuddin—who were apprehended alongside him, were transferred to Guantanamo in early August 2002.