Rustam Akhmyarov
Rustam Akhmyarov | |
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| Born | October 24, 1979 Chelyabinsk, Russia |
| Known for | Former detainee at Guantanamo Bay detention camp |
Rustam Akhmyarov is a citizen of Russia who was subjected to extrajudicial detention at the United States' Guantanamo Bay facility. His assigned Internment Serial Number was 573. The U.S. Department of Defense lists his date of birth as October 24, 1979, and his place of birth as Chelyabinsk, Russia.
Prior to the establishment of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals in July 2004, Akhmyarov was returned to Russia in early 2004 and subsequently released by Russian authorities.
On August 27, 2005, Russian security forces reportedly apprehended Akhmyarov along with fellow former detainee Airat Vakhitov in Moscow; both were detained in Tatarstan. Geydar Dzhemal, head of the Islamic Committee of Russia, suggested that officials were concerned about their planned testimonies in the United Kingdom—where Amnesty International hosted them—regarding human rights violations occurring not only at Guantanamo but also within Russia. They were freed on September 2, 2005.
In 2007, amid fears concerning the mistreatment of other ex-Guantanamo detainees held by Russian authorities, Akhmyarov and three additional former prisoners reportedly went into hiding.