Rustam Akhmyarov
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Rustam Akhmyarov is a Russia
n who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 573.
The Department of Defense
reports that Akhmyarov was born on October 24, 1979, in Chelyabinsk
, Russia
.
He was repatriated to Russia in early 2004, prior to the institution of the Combatant Status Review Tribunal
s, 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.
According to Geydar Dzhemal, chairman of the Islamic Committee of Russia, the Security officials were concerned that when Akhmyarov and
Airat 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.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in 2002 by the Bush Administration to hold detainees from the war in Afghanistan and later Iraq...
s.
His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 573.
The Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
reports that Akhmyarov was born on October 24, 1979, in Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk is a city and the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern side of the oblast, south of Yekaterinburg, just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River. Population: -History:...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.
He was repatriated to Russia in early 2004, prior to the institution of the Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Combatant Status Review Tribunal
The Combatant Status Review Tribunals were a set of tribunals for confirming whether detainees held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp had been correctly designated as "enemy combatants". The CSRTs were established July 7, 2004 by order of U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense...
s, 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.
According to Geydar Dzhemal, chairman of the Islamic Committee of Russia, the Security officials were concerned that when Akhmyarov and
Airat Vakhitov visited the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, as guests of Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
, they would testify about human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
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.