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When the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] was forced to comply with [[US District Court]] Justice [[Jed Rakoff]]'s [[court order]] to release the documents from the Guantanamo detainees's [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]s Uyar's name came to light.<ref name=Cip>[http://www.ciponline.org/cuba/guantanamo/030506DetailsOfSome.htm Details of some Guantanamo hearings], ''[[Centre for International Policy]]'', March 5, 2006</ref>' |
When the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] was forced to comply with [[US District Court]] Justice [[Jed Rakoff]]'s [[court order]] to release the documents from the Guantanamo detainees's [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]]s Uyar's name came to light.<ref name=Cip>[http://www.ciponline.org/cuba/guantanamo/030506DetailsOfSome.htm Details of some Guantanamo hearings], ''[[Centre for International Policy]]'', March 5, 2006</ref>' |
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| Salih Uyar | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | Turkish |
| Detained at | Guantanamo |
| ISN | 298 |
| Charge(s) | No charge (extrajudicial detention) |
| Status | no longer enemy combatant, released |
Salih Uyar is a citizen of Turkey who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camp, in Cuba.[1][2] His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 298. Salih Uyar was repatriated on April 18, 2005.[3]
Casio watch
When the Department of Defense was forced to comply with US District Court Justice Jed Rakoff's court order to release the documents from the Guantanamo detainees's Combatant Status Review Tribunals Uyar's name came to light.[2]'
One of the reasons he was detained was that he was captured wearing a Casio F91W digital watch.[2]
Uyar asked his Tribunal: "If it's a crime to carry this watch, your own military personnel also carry this watch, too, Does that mean that they're just terrorists as well?"[2]
Combatant Status Review
Uyar was among the 60% of prisoners who participated in the tribunal hearings.[4] A Summary of Evidence memo was prepared for the tribunal of each detainee. The memo accused him of the following:[5][6][6]
- A. The detainee is associated with al Qaida:
- The detainee traveled to Afghanistan from Turkey via Iran and Pakistan in 2000.
- The detainee lived with a known al Qaida member for two months just before the raids began in Kabul.
- The detainee claims to have lost his passport while traveling by foot across the Pakistani border.
- The detainee was captured with a Casio watch; a model that has been used in bombings linked to al Qaida and radical Islamic terrorist improvised explosive devices.
- The detainee stated that he had been in Afghanistan for a period of 14 months, however, he could only account for seven months.
- The detainee traveled in and out of Turkey multiple times, including multiple trips to Syria under the guise of Arabic language studies.
- The detainee is a known associate of Turkish radical religious groups.
On March 3, 2006, in response to a court order from Jed Rakoff the Department of Defense published a summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.[7]
Press reports
On July 12, 2006 the magazine Mother Jones provided excerpts from the transcripts of a selection of the Guantanamo detainees.[8] The article informed readers:
- More than a dozen detainees were cited for owning cheap digital watches, particularly “the infamous Casio watch of the type used by Al Qaeda members for bomb detonators.”
The article quoted Uyar, and three other watch owners:
- "If it is a crime to carry this watch, your own military personnel also carry this watch. Does this mean they’re just terrorists as well?"
Determined not to have been an Enemy Combatant
According to The Washington Post Uyar was one of the detainees who was determined not to have been an "enemy combatant" after all.[9] They report that Uyar has been released.
Habeas corpus
A writ of habeas corpus was filed on his behalf.[10] It was amalgamated with other petitions, and heard by US District Court Judge Reggie Walton, as part of Mohammon v. Bush.
In September 2007 the United States Department of Defense published 179 dossiers in response to captives' habeas petitions.[11] But they did not publish his.
References
- ^ list of prisoners (.pdf), US Department of Defense, May 15, 2006
- ^ a b c d Details of some Guantanamo hearings, Centre for International Policy, March 5, 2006
- ^ "Salih Uyar – The Guantánamo Docket". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ^ OARDEC, Index to Transcripts of Detainee Testimony and Documents Submitted by Detainees at Combatant Status Review Tribunals Held at Guantanamo Between July 2004 and March 2005, September 4, 2007
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OARDEC (15 December 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Uyar, Salih" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. page 40. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
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OARDEC (date redacted). "Summarized Statement" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. page 15. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
{{cite web}}:|pages=has extra text (help); Check date values in:|date=(help) Cite error: The named reference "CsrtSalihUyar" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). - ^ "US releases Guantanamo files". The Age. April 4, 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- ^ "Why Am I in Cuba?", Mother Jones, July 12, 2006
- ^ Guantanamo Bay Detainees Classifed as "No Longer Enemy Combatants", Washington Post
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"Exhibit C: List of No Longer Enemy Combant Detainees With Pending Habeas Corpus Petitions Who Have Been Released From United States Custody" (PDF). United States Department of Justice. April 17, 2007. p. page 64. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
{{cite news}}:|page=has extra text (help) - ^ OARDEC (August 8, 2007). "Index for CSRT Records Publicly Files in Guantanamo Detainee Cases" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
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 Pakistan | Fazaldad, Shed Abdur Rahman |
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