Comments on: Guantánamo’s Uyghurs: stranded in Albania

By: Andy Worthington: Swiss Take Two Guantanamo Uighurs, Solve Obama’s Problem

Andy Worthington: Swiss Take Two Guantanamo Uighurs, Solve Obama’s Problem — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:49:41 +0000

[...] May 2006, Albania was persuaded to take five of these men, but the other 17 had to wait until October 2008, when Judge Ricardo [...]

By: Swiss Take Two Guantánamo Uighurs, Save Obama from Having to Do the Right Thing « Dandelion Salad

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:31:00 +0000

[...] May 2006, Albania was persuaded to take five of these men, but the other 17 had to wait until October 2008, when Judge Ricardo [...]

By: Will The Maldives Take Three Guantánamo Prisoners? « freedetainees.org

Will The Maldives Take Three Guantánamo Prisoners? « freedetainees.org — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:20:43 +0000

[...] was the only country to accept cleared prisoners from Guantánamo, taking eight men in total, including five Uighurs, but Prime Minister Berisha noted that his country would not be taking any more Uighurs, because it [...]

By: Uighur prisoner asks what is the difference between the US constitution and the Communist constitution? by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:28:13 +0000

[...] have also written about how five of the 22 Uighurs in Guantánamo were released in Albania in May 2006, and how the others had to wait another two years for a US court to have the right to [...]

By: The Story of Oybek Jabbarov, An Innocent Man Freed From Guantánamo « freedetainees.org

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:29:21 +0000

[...] danger of persecution or torture should they be forcibly returned, and no country, other than Albania, has been willing to accept these refugees from Guantánamo for resettlement. Indeed, the United [...]

By: An Interview With Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (Part One) by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:41:30 +0000

[...] never resolved in a way that the Secretary or Pierre was very happy with, and in fact we wound up placing a few Uighurs in Albania, that was the only country that would take them [...]

By: Andy Worthington: House Threatens Obama Over Chinese Interrogation Of Uighurs In Guantanamo » A Couple Things » A couple things about politics, sports, travel, and other stuff.

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:22:00 +0000

[...] 13 of the Uighurs are still held at Guantánamo (five were released in Albania in 2006, and four in Bermuda last month), all of the men — Muslims from China’s Xinjiang province, [...]

By: Get your News » Andy Worthington: House Threatens Obama Over Chinese Interrogation Of Uighurs In Guantanamo

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:09:56 +0000

[...] 13 of the Uighurs are still held at Guantánamo (five were released in Albania in 2006, and four in Bermuda last month), all of the men — Muslims from China’s [...]

By: Political Jib.com » Andy Worthington: Who Are the Four Guantanamo Uighurs Sent to Bermuda?

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:59:57 +0000

[...] will probably have an easier time adapting to their new life than the five other Uighurs who were rehoused in Albania in 2006. Unlike Albania, Bermuda is a wealthy country, and, in addition, the men “have been [...]

By: From Guantánamo To The South Pacific: Is This A Joke? by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:09:20 +0000

[...] of rehousing five other Uighurs in 2006, the Bush administration secured, for an undisclosed sum, the cooperation of Albania (a Muslim nation, albeit a poor one, with no other Uighurs and little work), but that escape route [...]