Abu Bakker Qassim is a Uyghur from China's western frontier, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 283.
After being classified as "no longer enemy combatant" (NLEC) by the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) he continued to be held in Cuba, in Camp Iguana until he was released and transferred to Albania. On September 17, 2006 he published an op-ed on The New York Times to ask the American lawmakers and people not to eliminate habeas corpus.
Read more about Abu Bakker Qassim: Background, Combatant Status Review, Determined Not To Have Been An Enemy Combatant, Seeking Asylum, Asylum in Albania, Press Reports
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