Russian captives in Guantanamo

Russian captives in Guantanamo

The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding nineRussian captives in Guantanamo.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf
title=List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006
author=OARDEC
publisher=United States Department of Defense
date=May 15 2006
accessdate=2007-09-29
] However, the actual number of Russian citizens in Guantanamo remains unclear.Several men known to have been held in Guantanamo are missing from the official list.One citizen of Uzbekistan is listed as a Russian.

A total of 778 captives have been held in extrajudicial detention in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba since the camps opened on January 11 2002The camp population peaked in 2004 at approximately 660. Only nineteen new captives, all "high value detainees" have been transferred there since the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush. As of January 2008 the camp population stand at approximately 285.

Russian captives in Guantanamo

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