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| '''Tom Johnson''' is a Portland lawyer, working for the firm, ].<ref name= |
'''Tom Johnson''' is a Portland lawyer, working for the firm, ].<ref name=WillametteWeek060809> , '']'', ] ]</ref> | ||
| Johnson volunteered to serve as a lawyer to a ], a 33 year old citizen of ] named ].<ref name= |
Johnson volunteered to serve as a lawyer to a ], a 33 year old citizen of ] named ].<ref name=WillametteWeek060809> , '']'', ] ]</ref> | ||
| Batayev describes being kidnapped by fundamentalist muslims allied to the ] during a trip to ] to sell fruit, who then traded him to the Taliban, who used him as a kitchen slave.<ref name= |
Batayev describes being kidnapped by fundamentalist muslims allied to the ] during a trip to ] to sell fruit, who then traded him to the Taliban, who used him as a kitchen slave.<ref name=WillametteWeek060809> , '']'', ] ]</ref><ref name=CsrtBatayev>, from ]'s'']'' - pages 47</ref> | ||
| Following the American bombing, everyone fled the Taliban camp where he was held. Batayev described fleeing and subsequently being captured by fundamentalist muslims allied to the USA in return for a bounty. | Following the American bombing, everyone fled the Taliban camp where he was held. Batayev described fleeing and subsequently being captured by fundamentalist muslims allied to the USA in return for a bounty. | ||
| {{main|American prisoners who were previously Taliban prisoners}} | {{main|American prisoners who were previously Taliban prisoners}} | ||
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Tom Johnson is a Portland lawyer, working for the firm, Perkins Coie.
Johnson volunteered to serve as a lawyer to a Guantanamo detainee, a 33 year old citizen of Kazakhstan named Ilkham Turdbyavich Batayev.
Batayev describes being kidnapped by fundamentalist muslims allied to the Taliban during a trip to Tajikstan to sell fruit, who then traded him to the Taliban, who used him as a kitchen slave. Following the American bombing, everyone fled the Taliban camp where he was held. Batayev described fleeing and subsequently being captured by fundamentalist muslims allied to the USA in return for a bounty.
Main article: American prisoners who were previously Taliban prisonersReferences
- ^ Distant Justice: How a Portland lawyer is trying to help one Guantánamo detainee return to his life as a fruit trader, Willamette Week, August 9 2006
- Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Ilkham Turdbyavich Batayev'sCombatant Status Review Tribunal - pages 47
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