Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev
Encyclopedia
Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev is a citizen of Kazakhstan
held in extrajudicial detention in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detainment camp
s, in Cuba
. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 521.
The Department of Defense
reports that Kerimbakiev was born on January 4, 1983 in Semei, Kazakhstan
.
, writing in the Miami Herald, quoting his lawyer Robert Weiner, reported he "is safe with his family."
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
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, in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 521.
The Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
reports that Kerimbakiev was born on January 4, 1983 in Semei, Kazakhstan
Semey
Semey , formerly known as Semipalatinsk and Alash-kala , is a city in Kazakhstan, in the northeastern province of East Kazakhstan, near the border with Siberia, around north of Almaty, and southeast of the Russian city of Omsk, along the Irtysh River.-History:The first settlement was in 1718,...
.
Release
Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev was repatriated around 4 November 2008. Carol RosenbergCarol Rosenberg
Carol Rosenberg is a senior journalist, currently with the McClatchy News Service.Rosenberg works at the Miami Herald, which has provided extensive coverage of the operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.-Biography:...
, writing in the Miami Herald, quoting his lawyer Robert Weiner, reported he "is safe with his family."
See also
- Minors detained in the War on Terror
- Terrorism in Kazakhstan
External links
- Release of three prisoners highlights failures of Guantánamo Andy Worthington