Comments on: From Guantánamo to the United States: The Story of the Wrongly Imprisoned Uighurs

By: The Guantánamo Uyghurs: Still Waiting Seven Years Later | Perspectives on Global Issues

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:25:39 +0000

[...] For more information on the Uyghurs in China, visit the Uyghur Human Rights Project where you will also find information on the Uyghurs in Guantánamo. For more information on the Uyghurs in Guantánamo, please see author and journalist Andy Worthington’s article. [...]

By: Obama’s Failure on Guantanamo | NW0.eu

Obama’s Failure on Guantanamo | NW0.eu — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:49:59 +0000

[...] province, whose only enemy was the Chinese government, and their release into the U.S. had been ordered by a judge in October 2008, even though the Court of Appeals, supported by both the Bush administration and [...]

By: Rubbing Salt in Guantanamo’s Wounds: Task Force Announces Indefinite Detentions | themcglynn.com/theliberal.net

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:04:46 +0000

[...] in Guantánamo for an undefined amount of time. Back in October 2008, when Judge Ricardo Urbina ruled that 17 men from China (the Uighurs), who had won their habeas petitions, had to be rehoused in the [...]

By: “Model Prisoner” at Guantánamo, Tortured in the “Dark Prison,” Loses Habeas Corpus Petition « freedetainees.org

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:20:03 +0000

[...] (July 2008), Government Says Six Years Is Not Long Enough To Prepare Evidence (September 2008), From Guantánamo to the United States: The Story of the Wrongly Imprisoned Uighurs (October 2008), Guantánamo Uyghurs’ resettlement prospects skewered by Justice Department lies [...]

By: Guantánamo: Idealists Leave Obama’s Sinking Ship by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:56:32 +0000

[...] in the United States. The latter were the Uighurs, Muslims from China’s Xinjiang province whose release into the United States had been ordered in October 2008 by Judge Ricardo Urbina, after the Bush administration declined to challenge their [...]

By: Obama’s Failure To Close Guantánamo By January Deadline Is Disastrous by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:47:24 +0000

[...] plan, missing the opportunity to bring a number of wrongly imprisoned men to the US mainland (the Uighurs, Muslims from China whose release into the US had been ordered by a District Court judge), and [...]

By: An Evening with Andy Worthington: “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo” « Dandelion Salad

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:55:13 +0000

[...] me recapping the stories of the Uighurs (Guantánamo’s prisoners from China), explaining how a judge ordered their release into the United States last October, how the Bush administration appealed this ruling, and how the Obama administration [...]

By: Six Uighurs Go To Palau; Seven Remain In Guantánamo by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:58:21 +0000

[...] been waiting for three and a half months to be released, after District Court Judge Ricardo Urbina ordered their release into the United States in October 2008. Judge Urbina did so because the government had failed to [...]

By: Senate Finally Allows Guantánamo Trials In US, But Not Homes For Innocent Men by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:47:34 +0000

[...] from China’s Xinjiang province), who remain in Guantánamo, even though a District Court judge ordered their release into the United States over a year ago, after the Bush administration conceded that they had no connection with either [...]

By: Finding New Homes For 44 Cleared Guantánamo Prisoners by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:32:29 +0000

[...] 2008. 13 of these men are Uighurs — Muslims from China’s oppressed Xinjiang province, whose release was ordered by Judge Ricardo Urbina a year ago, and whose plight I have written about extensively (particularly [...]