Adel Abdulhehim

Adel Abdulhehim
Born (1974-10-10) October 10, 1974 (age 50)
Ghulja, Xinjiang, China
Detained at Guantanamo
Other name(s) A'Del Abdu al-Hakim
ISN293
StatusRefugee in Albania

Adel Abdulhehim or Adel Abdul Hakim is a citizen of the People's Republic of China from the Uighur ethnic group. He was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States-controlled Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba.[1]Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terrorism analysts report he was born on October 10, 1974, in Ghulja, Xinjiang.

Abdulhehim was captured in late 2001 and detained in Camp Delta. He is one of the 38 detainees whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal concluded he had not been an "illegal combatant" after all.

Abdulhehim is one of approximately two dozen detainees from the Uighur ethnic group.

According to an article distributed by the Associated Press, Abdulhehim, his compatriot Abu Baker Qassim and eight others were moved from imprisonment at the main compound of Camp Delta to a less harsh imprisonment at Camp Iguana.[2]

A February 18, 2006, article in The Washington Times claimed that Abu Bakker Qassim and A'Del Abdu al-Hakim had received military training in Afghanistan.[3] It reported they were not classified as "illegal combatants" because they intended to go home and employ their training against the Chinese government and were released.[4] Some earlier reports had described them as economic refugees who were slowly working their way to Turkey.

  1. ^ OARDEC (May 15, 2006). "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved September 29, 2007.
  2. ^ Knowlton, Brian (April 17, 2006). "Supreme Court Rejects Bid by Guantanamo Detainees". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 18, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2006.
  3. ^ U.S. hit on human rights Archived July 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. The Washington Times. 18 February 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2006.
  4. ^ "Guantanamo Bay Detainees Classifed [sic] as 'No Longer Enemy Combatants'". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 11, 2006.