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Silk Road to Guantanamo: The Story of Adel Hakimjan A film documenting the journey of Adel Hakimjan from his home in Gulja, East Turkistan (Xinjiang), China through Pakistan and Afghanistan, detention in Guantanamo Bay, exile is Albania and Sweden. This film was produced for Forced Migration Online, Oxford University in 2009 www.forcedmigration.org/video/guantanamo
Uyghur American lawyer Nury Turkel discusses the plight of the Uyghurs in Guantanamo Bay (part 1) Uyghur American lawyer discusses the plight of the Uyghurs in Guantanamo Bay (part 2)
Attorney Discusses Uighur Brothers Detained at Guantanamo Elizabeth Gilson, a lawyer who represents two Uighur brothers who have been held at Guantanmo Bay since 2002, talks about why Bahtiyar Mahnut is willing to stay at the prison, perhaps indefinitely, because he refuses to abandon his brother Arkin. Palau has agreed to take only Bahtiyar Mahnut. (Del Quentin Wilber/The Washington Post) (Del Quentin Wilber/The Washington Post) Attorney Discusses Uighur Brothers Detained at Guantanamo
Guantanamo ex-prisoners get jobs on golf courseArticle Link: Wed Aug 5, 2009 4:32pm EDT HAMILTON (Reuters) - Four Guantanamo prisoners who were released to Bermuda in June have been given jobs tending a public golf course on the tiny Atlantic island.The four members of China's Muslim Uighur minority began working last week to help prepare the lush, seaside Port Royal course to host the PGA Grand Slam of Golf in October.Former Guantanamo detainees Ablakim Turahun, left, and Abdulla Abdul
Beyond Guantanamo: China's Uyghur Muslim Minority
Guantánamo Uighurs hope to open restaurant in millionaires’ paradise Article Link From The TimesJune 15, 2009 For seven long years in Guantánamo Bay prison camp in Cuba, the four Central Asian friends gazed longingly at the azure sea from their cells. They were never allowed through the razor wire to paddle in the water. Now, suddenly set free in Bermuda, the former terror suspects can watch the ocean at leisure from the pastel-pink clifftop holiday cottage where they are
Four Uyghur Detainees Released 2009-06-11 Source: RFA Four of 17 Uyghurs detained for years at Guantanamo Bay are flown to Bermuda. WASHINGTON—Four men belonging to the mostly Muslim Uyghur ethnic group and held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay for more than seven years have been released and landed early Thursday on the North Atlantic island of Bermuda, Uyghur sources and the U.S. Justice Department said. The four men, part of a larger group of 17 Uyghurs detained after the 200
A Letter to Barack Obama from a Guantanamo Uighur Source Link :Huffington Post Andy Worthington Journalist and author of "The Guantanamo Files" Posted March 26, 2009 | 08:38 PM (EST) There were once 22 Uighur prisoners in Guantánamo. Muslims from China's oppressed Xinjiang province, they had all been swept up as human debris during "Operation Enduring Freedom," the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan that began in October 2001. The majority of these men were seized after fleeing to Pakistan
Sweden grants asylum to former Chinese Guantanamo detainee Article Link STOCKHOLM — A Swedish immigration court has granted asylum to a Chinese Muslim who was released from Guantanamo Bay after the U.S. acknowledged he was not a terrorist. The court overruled the Swedish Migration Board's decision to reject Adil Hakimjan's request to stay in Sweden. Hakimjan, a member of the Uyghur Chinese minority, fled to Afghanistan to avoid persecution in China but was swept up in the U.S.-led
Court Reverses Ruling Bringing 17 Detainees to U.S. By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, February 18, 2009; 1:09 PM Uighurs, formerly U.S. prisoners, are now in Albania. Back row, left to right: Abu Bakker Qassim, Ahtar Qassim, Adel Abdu Al-Hakim. Front row: Ahmet Adil, Ayup Hajimemet.A federal appeals court this morning blocked the release into the United States of a small band of Chinese Muslims held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In a
Italy 'may take Guantanamo inmates' Article Link 2009-02-13 14:56 'Recognition of part in terror fight' says minister (ANSA) - Sassari, February 13 - Italy could meet a US request to take some inmates from Guantanamo, the controversial US prison President Barack Obama is closing this year, Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa said Friday. Speaking on a visit to Sardinia, La Russa said he and Premier Silvio Berlusconi had 'accepted this invitation,' which he said should be seen as recog
Restarting life in Albania after Guantanamo Bay Article Link By Benet Koleka Abu Bakkr Qassim, a Uighur from far western China, has seen a number of the world’s more remote corners for a middle aged fruit vendor who is now learning how to make pizzas for a living. He is one of four Uighurs living in Albania since 2006 because they could not stay in the United States nor go to China which sees them as terrorists. Found innocent of terrorism after three and a half years in the U.S. jai
Fifth Guantanamo detainee gets sponsored to live in Canada Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Article Link A fifth Guantanamo detainee has secured sponsorship from a Canadian church to resettle in Canada, the Canadian Council for Refugees says. Maassoum Abdah Mouhammad, who has been detained at the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since 2002 is being sponsored by a United Church congregation in Toronto. The 37-year-old Kurd from Syria joins four others who have had refugee sponsorships sub
World cities compete for Gitmo's Uyghur prisoners By Steven Edwards, Canwest News ServiceFebruary 6, 2009 Article Link NEW YORK — The German city of Munich added its name Friday to communities offering to welcome members of the Chinese minority Uyghur group detained at Guantanamo Bay — presenting possible alternatives to Canada as activists press Ottawa to accept at least three. Home to the biggest Uyghur community outside China, Munich said it will accept all 17 Uyghurs who re
China demands that no country accept Gitmo Uyghurs as refugees OMAR EL-AKKAD Source: Globe and Mail February 5, 2009 at 11:32 PM EST China is demanding no country accept as refugees a group of Uyghurs imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, including three who have applied for resettlement in Canada. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu did not mention Canada directly Thursday, but said China was “against any country accepting these people.” “We hope it will be handled ap
Closing time Source Link February 6. 2009 11:22AM GMT Obama has announced plans to shut down Guantanamo. But what will happen to the men inside? Joshua Kurlantzick on the plight of 22 Uighur detainees trapped in a legal limbo. As I wandered through a twisting back alley, I nearly got lost in a maze of brick homes. Stumbling into an interior courtyard, I saw two elderly men with skullcaps and stringy white beards dipping nan into tea at a tiny table. Nearby, two women, their faces cov
Don't accept Uyghurs, China tells Canada Source Link AFP February 5, 2009 12:02 PM BEIJING - China urged Canada on Thursday not to take in up to three members of its Uyghur minority held at Guantanamo Bay, saying the issue should be solved according to international law. The three, whose lawyers have filed applications for refugee status in Canada, are among a group of 17 Uyghurs captured in the wake of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and held at Guantanamo for the past seven years.
Chairman Bill Delahunt Urges President Obama to Consider Resettling Guantanamo Uyghurs in the U.S. Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Organization, Human Rights and Oversight Bill Delahunt has sent a letter to President Obama, urging his Administration to consider resettling the 17 Uyghur detainees at Guantanamo in the U.S. Chairman Delahunt states in his letter, "Taking the Uighur detainees would demonstrate that a new era has indeed arrived."
Canada close to accepting three Gitmo detainees Obama likely to raise issue of Uyghur men on Canadian visit; move could add to pressure to bring Khadr home, expert says OMAR EL AKKAD February 4, 2009 theglobeandmail Canada is close to accepting three Uyghur men who have been held at Guantanamo Bay for seven years despite being cleared of any wrongdoing by the United States, The Globe and Mail has learned. The three Uyghurs - members of a Muslim minority from northwestern China - ar
Guantanamo detainees seeking to come live in Canada KATE HAMMER From Globe and Mail February 2, 2009 at 10:21 PM EST With the pending shutdown of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, six detainees have applied for resettlement in Canada, including three Uyghurs who have been cleared of all charges. Their lawyers hope that a changed political landscape will help them, and a Toronto-based refugee organization that is sponsoring one of them says the step could earn Canada the favour of U.S
Long Cleared of Terrorism Charges, Uyghurs Languish in Gitmo Prison and Albanian Exile Watch Video Uyghur prisoners at Guantanamo have long been determined to be not guilty of terrorism. But seventeen of these ethnic Muslim Chinese are still imprisoned at Guantanamo after almost eight years. Five were forcibly resettled in Albania, isolated and away from their families. We speak with their lawyer, Sabin Willett, and PBS FRONTLINE reporter Alexandra Poolos, who has followed their story for
Canada preferred destination for 6 Gitmo detainees Article Link Detainees include 3 Chinese Muslims which the Middle Kingdom wants returned By Janice Tibbetts, Canwest News ServiceFebruary 2, 2009 6:01 PM OTTAWA - Six Guantanamo Bay detainees, backed by Canadian sponsors, are seeking refugee status in Canada with the pending closure of the U.S. detention centre in Cuba, including three Chinese Muslims who have been cleared of posing a threat to American security. Human rights law
Guantanamo Bay - Should Germany Accept Prisoners (Uighurs)When The US Detention Camp Closes?