Khalil Mamut is a Uyghur refugee with British nationality, imprisoned for seven years at the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
The US Department of Defense estimated that Mamut was born in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, in 1977 and assigned him the Guantanamo Internment Serial Number 278.
Mamut is one of the 22 Uighurs held in Guantanamo for many years despite it becoming clear early on that they were innocent.China's Uighurs trapped at Guantanamo , Asia Times, November 4, 2004
He won his habeas corpus in 2008. Judge Ricardo Urbina declared his detention as unlawful and ordered to set him free in the United States. He was sent to Bermuda in June 2009.
Sent to Bermuda
Abdul Helil Mamut, and three other Uyghurs Huzaifa Parhat, Emam Abdulahat and Jalal Jalaladin were set free in Bermuda on June 11, 2009.
In August 2018, Mamut and his family (along with several others) were granted British Overseas Territories Citizenship, though not Bermudian status. This gave him the right to permanently reside in Bermuda, though not to vote.
References
External links From Guantánamo to the United States: The Story of the Wrongly Imprisoned Uighurs Andy Worthington October 9, 2008 Judge Ricardo Urbina's unclassified opinion (redacted version) MOTIONS/STATUS HEARING - UIGHURS CASES BEFORE THE HONORABLE RICARDO M. URBINA Human Rights First; Habeas Works: Federal Courts' Proven Capacity to Handle Guantánamo Cases (2010)