Rustam Akhmyarov

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Rustam Akhmyarov is a Russian who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps. [http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf list of prisoners (.pdf)] , "US Department of Defense", May 15 2006] His Guantanamo detainee ID number is 573.The Department of Defense reports that Akhmyarov was born on October 24 1979, in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

He was repatriated to Russia in ealy 2004, prior to the institution of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals, in July 2004. He was subsequently released from Russian custody.

On August 27 2005 Akhmyarov and another former Guantanamo detainee Airat Vakhitov, were reported to have been seized by Russian security officials. [http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?idr=1&id=604420 Russian Talibs Found Through London] , "Kommersant", August 29 2005] According to Geidar Dzhemal, chairman of the Islamic Committee of Russia, the Security officials were concerned that when Akhmyarov andAirat Vakhitov visited the United Kingdom, as guests of Amnesty International, they would testify about human rights abuses in Russia, not just in Guantanamo. He predicted the pair would be arrested on trumped up charges.

The pair were released from detention on September 2 2005. [http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/09/02/guantanamo.shtml Former Guantanamo Prisoners Freed From Russian Jail] . "Mosnews", September 2 2005]

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