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The United States government detained twenty-two Uyghurs in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp since 2002. The last three Uyghurs Yusef Abbas, Hajiakbar Abdulghupur and Saidullah Khalik, were not freed from Guantanamo until December 29, 2013, when they were transferred to Slovakia.〔 (mirror ) 〕〔 (mirror ) 〕〔 (mirror ) 〕〔 (mirror ) 〕〔 〕 Uyghurs are an ethnic group from Central Asia and Xinjiang province in western China.〔(China's Uighurs trapped at Guantanamo ), ''Asia Times'', November 4, 2004.〕 ''The Washington Post'' reported on August 24, 2005 that fifteen Uyghurs had been determined to be "No longer enemy combatants" (NLECs).〔 (mirror ) 〕 The ''Post'' reported that detainees who had been classified as NLEC were, not only still being incarcerated, but one was shackled to the floor for reasons not disclosed by his attorney. Five of these Uyghurs, who had filed for writs of ''habeas corpus'', were transported to Albania on May 5, 2006 just prior to a scheduled judicial review of their petitions. The other seventeen obtained writs of habeas corpus in 2008. ==Common elements in the allegations== *Most of the Uyghurs were alleged to be members or supporters of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement. *Most of the Uyghurs were alleged to have completed military training. *Some of the allegations stated that a supposed military training camp was in the Tora Bora mountains. *Most of the Uyghurs were alleged to have accepted training that was sponsored by the Taliban, or Al Qaeda. *Eighteen of the Uyghurs were alleged to have fled when their camp was bombed as part of the United States air bombing campaign of Afghanistan in 2001. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Uyghur detainees at Guantanamo Bay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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