Guantanamo Bay: The Inmates Who Remain

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Some 122 men are being held without charge at Guantanamo Bay, despite many having already been cleared for release.

Here are eight of those prisoners who are still detained at the US-run facility in Cuba.

:: Younis Abdurrahman Chekkouri, 46

Born in 1968 in Morocco, Chekkouri was captured by Pakistani authorities in 2001 and sent to Guantanamo a year later. He is understood to have co-founded the Moroccan Islamic Fighting Group and was a close associate of Osama bin Laden. The US believes he is of high intelligence value and poses a threat to the country and its interests.

:: Omar Hamzayavich Abdulayev, 36

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Gallery: Guantanamo Bay: In Pictures

Detainees sitting in a holding area watched by military police at Camp X-Ray inside Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 11 January 2002

A detainee is escorted by unarmed US army personnel inside Camp X-Ray on the Guantanamo Naval Base, US, 17 January 2002

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General view shows Camp X-Ray at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba

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One of the thirty-four newly arrived detainees is walked to the showers by US Army Military Police 11 Febuary, 2002, at Camp X-Ray

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An Army guard watches over detainees at Camp Delta, 10 September 2002

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Abdulayev, originally from Tajikistan, was reportedly captured by Pakistani authorities at a checkpoint in 2001. It was claimed he was carrying handwritten notes on chemicals and explosives and he was transferred to Guantanamo in 2002 at the age of 24. US authorities say he has admitted to being a member of the Islamic Movement of Tajikistan and is of high risk.

:: Ravil Mingazov, 47

Born in 1967 and reportedly of Russian nationality, Mingazov was detained during a raid by Pakistani police in Faisalabad in 2002 and sent to Guantanamo the same year. US authorities claim he has admitted attending al Qaeda training camps in Tajikistan and Afghanistan and has received explosives and assassination training. He is considered by the US to be of high risk to the US and its allies, but of low intelligence value.

:: Ahmed Ould Abdel Aziz, 44

Abdel Aziz was captured by Pakistani intelligence services during a raid on a suspected al Qaeda safe house in Karachi in 2002. It is claimed a search of the house recovered a mobile phone, radios and a telephone book. Originally from Mauritania, he was transferred to Guantanamo Bay the same year to provide intelligence on members of al Qaeda killed in Afghanistan during attacks by US and Coalition forces. US authorities claim he has provided "vast amounts of information" but has been deceptive regarding key facts such as locations and dates.

:: Riduan Isomuddin, 50

Isomuddin was born in Indonesia in 1964 and captured in Thailand in 2003 before being transferred to Guantanamo Bay in 2006 to face prosecution for terrorist offences against the US. Authorities in America claim Isomuddin was responsible for the Bali bombings in Indonesia in 2002 and that he is "committed to the most extreme Islamic ideology". The US considers him a high-value detainee.

:: Ghaleb Nasser, 35

Born in 1979 in Yemen, Nasser was taken prisoner in Afghanistan in 2001 and sent to Guantanamo in 2002. US authorities claim he was part of Osama bin Laden's 55th Arab Brigade and that he is high risk to the US and its allies. He has reportedly provided a significant amount of information about al Qaeda and Taliban activities in or near Tora Bora and the front lines of Kunduz.

:: Moath al Alwi, 37

Al Alwi was captured by Pakistani forces in 2001 while attempting to cross the Afghanistan-Pakistani border. He was assessed to be part of Osama bin Laden's security team and sent to Guantanamo in 2002. The US has claimed al Alwi, who is from Yemen, attended advanced militant training courses at al Qaeda-affiliated training camps where he was trained in "elite hand-to-hand combat". He is considered by US authorities to be of high risk to its interests and of high intelligence value.

:: Fayiz al Kandari, 37

Born in Kuwait, al Kandari was reportedly captured by unidentified Afghans as he was heading down the Tora Bora mountains in Pakistan and sent to Guantanamo Bay in 2002. US authorities have claimed al Kandari served as an advisor to Osama bin Laden and have assessed him as being of high risk to the US, its interests and allies.

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