Edham Mamet

Edham Mamet
Born	May 4, 1975(1975-05-04) Khulga, China
Detained at	Guantanamo
Alternate name	Nag Mohammed
ISN	102
Status	Released

Edham Mamet (also Nag Mohammed^{[1][2][3][4][5]}) is an Uyghur refugee best known for the more than seven years he spent in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. He was captured in Afghanistan in November 2001.^[1] Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts estimate Nag Mohammed was born on May 4, 1975, in Khulga, China.^[6]

Edham Mamet is one of the 22 Uighurs held in Guantanamo for many years despite it became clear early on that they were innocent.^[7][8][9]

He won his habeas corpus in 2008. Judge Ricardo Urbina declared his detention as unlawful and ordered to set him free in the United States. He was sent to Palau in October 2009.

Determined not to be an enemy combatant after all

The Department of Justice announced on 30 September 2008 that Nag Mohammed, and the sixteen other Uyghurs who remained in Guantanamo, would no longer be treated as enemy combatants.^[10]

Writ of Habeas Corpus

A writ of habeas corpus, Nag Mohammed v. George W. Bush, was submitted on Nag Mohammed's behalf.^[11] In response, on 19 September 2005 the Department of Defense released 30 pages of unclassified documents related to his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

Denial of transfer to the USA

US District Court Judge Ricardo Urbina had scheduled the session where the Executive Branch would file the evidence that justified classifying the remaining Uyghurs as "enemy combatants" for 7 October 2008. On 30 September 2008 Gregory G. Katsas, the United States' Assistant Attorney General "notice of status" stated that the seventeen remaining Uyghur captives would no longer be treated as enemy combatants.

Lawyers for the Uyghurs pointed out that some of the Uyghurs remained in solitary confinement in Camp 6. And the Department of Defense agreed that since the men were no longer to be treated as enemy combatants they would all be transferred to Camp Iguana.

On 7 October 2008, when the Department of Justice did not file the evidence justifying classifying the Uyghurs as enemy combatants, he issued an order requiring the Department of Defense to bring the Uyghurs to his court on 10 October 2008.

On 8 October 2008 the Department of Justice filed an Emergency Motion. A three judge panel of Judges in the Washington Court of Appeals granted the Executive Branch a brief respite from complying with Judge Urbina's order. The panel schedule its hearing of the Executive Branch's justification for 20 October 2008.

On 16 October 2008 the Department of Justice filed its justification for restriction

Asylum in Palau

In June 2009 the government of Palau announced that they would offer temporary asylum to some of the Uyghurs.^[12][13][14] The government of Palau sent a delegation Guantanamo, and interviewed some of the remaining Uyghurs. Some of the Uyghurs declined to be interviewed by the Palauns. In the end the government of Palau offered asylum to twelve of the remaining thirteen Uyghurs. Palau declined to offer asylum to one of the Uyghurs who suffered from a mental disorder, brought on by detention, that was too profound to be treated in Palau.

On October 31, 2009 "Edham Mamet", Ahmad Tourson, Abdul Ghappar Abdul Rahman, Anwar Hassan, Dawut Abdurehim and Adel Noori were released and transferred to Palau.^{[12][13][14][15][16]}

References

1. ^ ^{a b} OARDEC (May 15, 2006). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006". United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29. 
2. ^ OARDEC (November 5, 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Mohammed, Nag (published September 2007)". United States Department of Defense. pp. page 18. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/000101-000200.pdf#18. Retrieved 2007-12-17. 
3. ^ OARDEC (April 20, 2006). "List of detainee who went through complete CSRT process". United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/detainee_list.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29. 
4. ^ OARDEC (July 17, 2007). "Index for Combatant Status Review Board unclassified summaries of evidence". United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_CSRT_unclassified_summaries.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29. 
5. ^ OARDEC (August 8, 2007). "Index for CSRT Records Publicly Files in Guantanamo Detainee Cases". United States Department of Defense. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/index_publicly_filed_CSRT_records.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-29. 
6. ^ "Edham Mamet - The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. http://projects.nytimes.com/guantanamo/detainees/102-nag-mohammed. 
7. ^ Delahunt, Bill; Willett, Sabin (2009-04-02). "Innocent detainees need a home". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/04/02/innocent_detainees_need_a_home/. 
8. ^ http://ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/17-innocent-uighurs-detained-guant%C3%A1namo-ask-supreme-court-release
9. ^ China's Uighurs trapped at Guantanamo, Asia Times, November 4, 2004
10. ^ Gregory G. Katsas (2008-09-30). "notice of status". United States Department of Justice. http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/files/Notice.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-18.  mirror
11. ^ "Nag Mohammed v. George W. Bush". United States Department of Defense. 19 September 2005. pp. pages 1–30. http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_arb/publicly_filed_CSRT_records_698-814.pdf#1. Retrieved 2007-12-17. 
12. ^ ^{a b} "United States Transfers Six Uighur Detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Palau". United States Department of Justice. 2009-10-31. Archived from the original on 2009-10-31. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.justice.gov%2Fopa%2Fpr%2F2009%2FOctober%2F09-ag-1179.html&date=2009-10-31. 
13. ^ ^{a b} David Johnston (2009-10-31). "Uighurs Leave Guantánamo for Palau". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2009-10-31. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2009%2F11%2F01%2Fworld%2Fasia%2F01uighurs.html&date=2009-10-31. 
14. ^ ^{a b} "Guantanamo Uighurs sent to Palau". BBC News. 2009-10-31. Archived from the original on 2009-10-31. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fworld%2Fasia-pacific%2F8336343.stm&date=2009-10-31. 
15. ^ "Six Guantanamo Uighurs arrive in Palau: US". Agence France Presse. 2009-10-31. Archived from the original on 2009-10-31. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fhostednews%2Fafp%2Farticle%2FALeqM5j256OdOnArVNzoV0oVLD3PRaY-bQ&date=2009-10-31. 
16. ^ "6 Muslim Uighur Detainees From Guantanamo Arrive In Palau". Pacific News Center. 2009-11-01. Archived from the original on 2009-10-31. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pacificnewscenter.com%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D1343%3A6-muslim-uighurs-arrive-in-palau-from-guantanamo%26catid%3D45%3Aguam-news%26Itemid%3D156&date=2009-10-31. Retrieved 2009-09-26. 

External links

• From Guantánamo to the United States: The Story of the Wrongly Imprisoned Uighurs Andy Worthington October 9, 2008
• Judge Ricardo Urbina’s unclassified opinion (redacted version)
• MOTIONS/STATUS HEARING - UIGHURS CASES BEFORE THE HONORABLE RICARDO M. URBINA
• Palau Uyghurs try to build new lives Kyodo News December 15, 2009
• Human Rights First; Habeas Works: Federal Courts’ Proven Capacity to Handle Guantánamo Cases (2010)

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Name	Mamet, Edham
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Date of birth	1975-05-04
Place of birth	Khulga, China
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