Rukniddin Sharipov

Rukniddin Sharipov
Born	1974 (age 36–37) Leninabad, Tajikistan
Citizenship	Tajikistan
Detained at	Guantanamo
ISN	76

Rukniddin Sharipov or Sharopov (born on 15 March 1974 in Leninabad, Tajikistan) is a citizen of Tajikistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.^[1]

Trial in Tajikistan

Sharipov and Abdumukite Vokhidov were to stand trial in Tajikistan.^[2] They were charged with

• illegally crossing the Tajik border into Afghanistan in early 2001;
• joining fighters of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.

The report notes that another former Guantanamo captive, Ibrohim Nasriddinov, had recently been sentenced to 23 years for similar charges.^[2]

Rukhiddin Sharopov and Mukit Vokhidov received sentences of 17 years on August 18, 2007.^[3] The two men were convicted of serving as mercenaries.

Carol Rosenberg, writing in the Miami Herald, on July 7, 2009, reported that Umar Abdulayev, the sole remaining Tajikistani, reported that a delegation of Tajikistani security officials threatened to retaliate against him Sharipov and Vohidov, unless they agreed to pretend to be militant jihadists, and report on real militant jihadists, following their repatriations.^[4]

References

1. ^ OARDEC (2006-05-15). "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. ^ ^{a b} "Former Guantanamo Inmates Go On Trial In Tajikistan". Radio Free Europe. August 7, 2007. http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/08/724B842E-C59C-4BCA-9091-602F804EF039.html. Retrieved 2007--08-07. 
3. ^ Bernard Hibbitts (August 18, 2007). "Tajikistan high court sentences ex-Guantanamo detainees". The Jurist. http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/08/tajikistan-high-court-sentences-ex.php. Retrieved 2007-08-23. 
4. ^ Carol Rosenberg (2009-07-07). "Fearful Guantánamo captive wants to stay behind". Miami Herald. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1131597.html. Retrieved 2009-07-07. ^{[dead link]}

External links

• Activists, Lawyers Urge Tajiks To Release Ex-Guantanamo Detainees
• HRW: Ex prisoners of Guantanamo have right to clemency
• Calls for Review of Punitive Sentences for Ex-Guantánamo Tajiks Andy Worthington
• Tajiks released from Guantánamo sentenced to 17 years in prison Andy Worthington
• The Guantánamo Files: Website Extras (1) – The Qala-i-Janghi Massacre Andy Worthington

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Name	Sharipov, Rukniddin
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Date of birth	1974-03-15
Place of birth	Leninabad, Tajikistan
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