Mohammed Ayub
Encyclopedia
Haji Mohammed Ayub is a citizen of China
, who was held in extrajudicial detention
in the United States
Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba
.
The Department of Defense
reports he was born on April 15, 1984, in Toqquztash, China.
Ayub is one of approximately two dozen detainees from the Uyghur
ethnic group.
Ayub was one of the five Uyghurs whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal determined that he was not an enemy combatant
, and was transferred to an Albania
n refugee camp.
Mohammed Ayub told interviewers he found the conditions in Guantanamo so harsh that he dropped from 164 to 105 pounds, and that he was so hungry he was reduced to eating orange peels.
He told interviewers captives were punished harshly for small infractions, like having an extra napkin.
In spite of his treatment in Guantanamo Mohammed Ayub told reporters he would still like to move to the USA.
He has relatives who live in America, and in 2001 he had a student visa for the USA. But a friend he was traveling with did not, and he decided to postpone his travel until his friend had a visa too.
Mohammed Ayub described the interrogations the captives went through when Chinese security officials visited Guantanamo as:
Mohammed Ayub said that he and his companion decided to wait for the visa in Afghanistan, where he was mugged, lost his money and identity papers.
China
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, who was held in extrajudicial detention
Extrajudicial detention
Arbitrary or extrajudicial detention is the detention of individuals by a state, without ever laying formal charges against them.Although it has a long history of legitimate use in wartime , detention without charge, sometimes in secret, has been one of the hallmarks of totalitarian states...
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 detention camps, 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...
.
The Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
reports he was born on April 15, 1984, in Toqquztash, China.
Ayub is one of approximately two dozen detainees from the Uyghur
Uyghur people
The Uyghur are a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia. Today, Uyghurs live primarily in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China...
ethnic group.
Ayub was one of the five Uyghurs whose Combatant Status Review Tribunal determined that he was not an enemy combatant
Enemy combatant
Enemy combatant is a term historically referring to members of the armed forces of the state with which another state is at war. Prior to 2008, the definition was: "Any person in an armed conflict who could be properly detained under the laws and customs of war." In the case of a civil war or an...
, and was transferred to an Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
n refugee camp.
McClatchy interview
On June 15, 2008 the McClatchy News Service published articles based on interviews with 66 former Guantanamo captives. McClatchy reporters interviewed Mohammed Ayub.Mohammed Ayub told interviewers he found the conditions in Guantanamo so harsh that he dropped from 164 to 105 pounds, and that he was so hungry he was reduced to eating orange peels.
He told interviewers captives were punished harshly for small infractions, like having an extra napkin.
In spite of his treatment in Guantanamo Mohammed Ayub told reporters he would still like to move to the USA.
He has relatives who live in America, and in 2001 he had a student visa for the USA. But a friend he was traveling with did not, and he decided to postpone his travel until his friend had a visa too.
Mohammed Ayub described the interrogations the captives went through when Chinese security officials visited Guantanamo as:
Mohammed Ayub said that he and his companion decided to wait for the visa in Afghanistan, where he was mugged, lost his money and identity papers.
External links
- Witness - A strange kind of freedom Aljazeera - video
- Escape to Hell - Fleeing China, Landing in Guantanamo Der SpiegelDer SpiegelDer Spiegel is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. It is one of Europe's largest publications of its kind, with a weekly circulation of more than one million.-Overview:...
July 14, 2006 - http://humanrights.ucdavis.edu/projects/the-guantanamo-testimonials-project/testimonies/prisoner-testimonies/wall-street-journal-free-and-uneasy-tale-of-5-muslims-out-of-guantanamo-and-into-limbo-cleared-by-u-s-of-terror-ties-they-won2019t-return-home-due-to-fear-of-punishment-china-demands-repatriationFree and Uneasy. Tale of 5 Muslims: Out of Guantanamo and Into Limbo Cleared by U.S. of Terror Ties, They Won’t Return Home Due to Fear of Punishment. China Demands Repatriation]