Salih Uyar (born 1962) is a citizen of

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who was held in

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in the

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, in

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. Details of some Guantanamo hearings
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'', March 5, 2006 Salih Uyar was repatriated on April 18, 2005.

Casio watch

When the

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was forced to comply with

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Justice Jed Rakoff's

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to release the documents from the Guantanamo detainees's

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s Uyar's name came to light.' One of the reasons he was detained was that he was captured wearing a Casio F91W digital watch. Uyar asked his Tribunal: ''"If it's a crime to carry this watch, your own military personnel also carry this watch, too, Does that mean that they're just terrorists as well?"'' On March 3, 2006, in response to a

from Jed Rakoff the

published a summarized transcript from his Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

Press reports

On July 12, 2006 the magazine '' Mother Jones'' provided excerpts from the transcripts of a selection of the Guantanamo detainees. The article informed readers:

More than a dozen detainees were cited for owning cheap digital watches, particularly "the infamous Casio watch of the type used by Al Qaeda members for bomb detonators."

The article quoted Uyar, and three other watch owners:

If it is a crime to carry this watch, your own military personnel also carry this watch. Does this mean they're just terrorists as well?

Determined not to have been an Enemy Combatant

According to ''

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'' Uyar was one of the detainees who was determined not to have been an "enemy combatant" after all. They report that Uyar has been released.

References

External links

The Guantánamo Files: Website Extras (6) – Escape to Pakistan (Uyghurs and others)
Andy Worthington {{DEFAULTSORT:Uyar, Salih Living people Guantanamo detainees known to have been released Turkish extrajudicial prisoners of the United States 1962 births