Comments on: Six Uighurs Go To Palau; Seven Remain In Guantánamo

By: The Most Damaging Attacks Come From the Left « A Rather Amusing Life

The Most Damaging Attacks Come From the Left « A Rather Amusing Life — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:06:29 +0000

[...] his promise to close Guantanamo prison within a year, even as people long known to be innocent still languish there- not to mention an expasion of that other “Guantanamo” at Bagram Air [...]

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

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:21:14 +0000

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By: Palau President Asks Australia to Offer Homes to Guantánamo Uighurs « freedetainees.org

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:35:27 +0000

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

Will The Maldives Take Three Guantánamo Prisoners? « freedetainees.org — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:19:59 +0000

[...] the lucky recipients of Anni’s largesse will be three of the seven remaining Uighurs in Guantánamo (Muslims from China’s Xinjiang province), who, after the resettlement of others in [...]

By: Judge Orders Release of Algerian from Guantanamo « Norcaltruth

Judge Orders Release of Algerian from Guantanamo « Norcaltruth — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:13:31 +0000

[...] the 31 prisoners cleared in the last 13 months, 12 still remain at GuantÃ¡namo. Some, like the seven remaining Uighurs (Muslims from China’s Xinjiang province), cannot be repatriated because of fears that they [...]

By: Judge Orders Release Of Algerian From Guantánamo (But He’s Not Going Anywhere) by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:42:19 +0000

[...] Of the 31 prisoners cleared in the last 13 months, 12 still remain at Guantánamo. Some, like the seven remaining Uighurs (Muslims from China’s Xinjiang province), cannot be repatriated because of fears that they will [...]

By: Six Uighurs Go To Palau; Seven Remain In Guantánamo | Drakz News Station

Six Uighurs Go To Palau; Seven Remain In Guantánamo | Drakz News Station — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:10:38 +0000

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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 11:19:23 +0000

[...] six of the remaining 13 Uighurs in Guantánamo — Muslims from China’s Xinjiang province — were released to resume new lives in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau (population: 20,000). I have written at [...]

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:35:41 +0000

Hi TD,
Yes indeed. I also find it weirder than with Bermuda that these men are now in a supremely remote location, still away from their families after eight years, in a place with a population of 20,000, but no Uighurs, and just 500 Muslims, mostly workers from Bangladesh. And this is progress ….
Those Kiyemba cases are discussed in the following:
http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/10/21/justice-at-last-guantanamo-uighurs-ask-supreme-court-for-release-into-us/
http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/2009/09/22/court-allows-return-of-guantanamo-prisoners-to-torture/

By: the talking dog

the talking dog — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:05:27 +0000

Well, those of us who care about the legal angle are perversely pleased that at least some of the Uighurs will remain at GTMO, because at least it won't give the Gov't an excuse to argue that the Kiyemba case-- which is the appeal of the reversal of Judge Urbina's order-- is moot. Instead, a fourth showdown over GTMO in the Supreme Court looks inevitable (and coming down the pike is Kiyemba II, dealing with the abillity of courts to block return of detainees to countries where they will all but certainly face mistreatment by someone other than the United States.) Not that I don't have every confidence in the Obama Administration's ability to evade compliance with the Kiyemba decision too, of course, just as the Bush Admin. before it had managed to avoid complying with the substance of Rasul, Hamdan and Boumediene. But at least it sounds good.