Omar Abdulayev

Omar Hamzayevich Abdulayev
Born	October 11, 1978 (1978-10-11) (age 33) Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Detained at	Guantanamo
ISN	257
Status	Still held in Guantanamo

Omar Hamzayevich Abdulayev is a citizen of Tajikistan, held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.^[1]

The Department of Defense reports that Abdulayev was born on October 11, 1978, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

As of August 10, 2011, Omar Hamzayavich Abdulayev has been held at Guantanamo for nine years six months.^[2]

Habeas corpus petition

Abdulayev had a writ of habeas corpus filed on his behalf. It was amalgamated with several dozen other captives, in 05-CV-2386 before US District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton.

On 29 December 2008 Allison M. Lefrak filed protected information, under seal, on his behalf.^[3]

Still in Guantanamo

Carol Rosenberg, writing in the Miami Herald, reports that Umar Abdulayev fears being repatriated to Tajikistan, and wants to remain in Guantanamo.^{[dead link]} Quoting Abdulayev's lawyer Matthew J. O'Hara, Rosenberg reported Abdulayev was a refugee who had fled Tajikistan to Afghanistan when he was thirteen years old. Rosenberg wrote that Abdulayev says camp authorities allowed Tajikistani security officials to meet with him, and that they told him he could be released—if he agreed to pretend to be a Muslim militant, and spy on Muslim militants in Tajikistan. She reported that the Tajikistani security officials threatened retribution when he declined to serve as a spy.^[4]

Department of Justice officials told U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton on June 3, 2009 that they would no longer try to defend classifying him an enemy combatant.^[4]

Abdulayev's lawyer, Matthew J. O'Hara, during a November 2009 interview on National Public Radio, that among the reasons Abdulayev fears repatriation to Tajikistan is that the family he left behind in a Pakistani refugee camp has disappeared.^[5] All efforts to contact them, following his 2001 capture, had failed. O'Hara said Abdulayev's father died in 1994, attempting to return to Tajikistan. O'Hara said two of the other Tajikistanis received long prison terms following their repatriation.

References

1. ^ "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 2006-05-15. 
2. ^ The Guantanamo Docket - Omar Hamzayavich Abdulayev
3. ^ Allison M. Lefrak (2008-12-29). "Guantanamo Bay Detainee Litigation: Doc 1413 -- NOTICE OF FILING OF PROTECTED INFORMATION UNDER SEAL". United States Department of Justice. http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2008mc00442/131990/1413/0.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-29. 
4. ^ ^{a b} 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]}
5. ^ "Tajik citizen says he prefers Guantanamo to returning home". Hurriyet Daily News. 2009-11-17. Archived from the original on 2009-11-18. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hurriyetdailynews.com%2Fn.php%3Fn%3Dtajik-citizen-says-he-prefers-guantanamo-to-returning-home-2009-11-17&date=2009-11-18. 

External links

• Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Part Five: Captured in Pakistan (1 of 2) Andy Worthington, September 29, 2010
• Obama’s Failure To Deliver Justice To The Last Tajik In Guantánamo Andy Worthington, July 21, 2009

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Name	Abdulayev, Omar Hamzayavich
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Date of birth	October 11, 1978
Place of birth	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
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