Comments on: Guantánamo’s Uyghurs: stranded in Albania

By: WikiLeaks And The 22 Children Of Guantanamo

WikiLeaks And The 22 Children Of Guantanamo — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:21:28 +0000

[...] Ayub ISN 279, China) Born 15 April 1984, seized December 2001 (aged 17), released May 2006 in Albania. One of 22 Uighurs (Muslims from China’s oppressed Xinjiang province), who were detained by [...]

By: Andy Worthington: A Plea To Barack Obama From The Guantanamo Uighurs | BlackNewsTribune.com

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 00:55:28 +0000

[...] no third country could be found that would accept them (after Albania risked the wrath of China by accepting five other Uighur prisoners in May [...]

By: Andy Worthington: House Threatens Obama Over Chinese Interrogation Of Uighurs In Guantanamo | BlackNewsTribune.com

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:09:15 +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: Andy Worthington: Who Are the Four Guantanamo Uighurs Sent to Bermuda? | BlackNewsTribune.com

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:53:04 +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: Who Are Remaining Prisoners In Guantánamo? Part Three: Captured Crossing From Afghanistan Into Pakistan » World Uyghur Congress

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:31:55 +0000

[...] returned to the other Uighurs in the mountains, taking Razak with him.” Five of the Uighurs were released in Albania in May 2006, and the remaining 17 — including Razak — won their habeas corpus petitions in [...]

By: No Escape From Guantánamo: Uighurs Lose Again in US Court » World Uyghur Congress

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:11:12 +0000

[...] boards concluded that they were innocent men, seized by mistake. Five were released in May 2006, given new homes in a refugee camp in Albania, the only country that would accept them, but the remaining 17 languished until their habeas corpus [...]

By: No Escape from Guantanamo: Uighurs Lose Again in US Court « EUROPE TURKMEN FRIENDSHIPS

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:16:38 +0000

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 [...]