Comments on: Why Obama Must Continue Releasing Yemenis From Guantánamo

By: Guantánamo Guard and Ex-Prisoners Meet (via the BBC) « Dandelion Salad

Guantánamo Guard and Ex-Prisoners Meet (via the BBC) « Dandelion Salad — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:55:10 +0000

[...] Day. With President Obama capitulating to unreasonable demands to prevent the release of any more cleared Yemeni prisoners, the supporters of Guantánamo appear to have derailed the closure of the prison for the [...]

By: Judge Orders Release From Guantánamo Of Yemeni Seized In Iran, Held In Secret CIA Prisons « Eurasia Review

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:38:56 +0000

[...] — pending an improvement in the security situation in Yemen. Seven of the remaining 36 were freed last year, leaving 29 who may well have been freed had it not been for the [...]

By: The Political Prisoners of Guantánamo « Eurasia Review

The Political Prisoners of Guantánamo « Eurasia Review — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:27:02 +0000

[...] part of the largest national group at Guantánamo, consisting of 89 men in total. Just 23 Yemenis have been freed throughout Guantánamo’s long history, for a variety of reasons, but primarily because the [...]

By: Arbitrary Government Kidnapping Under the Cloak of ‘Objectivity’ « Little Alex in Wonderland

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:22:04 +0000

[...] and 26 be held indefinitely, but approved the other 66 for release. Seven of these men were freed last year, but Obama bowed to political pressure and halted all further releases to Yemen in January, just [...]

By: Does Obama Really Know or Care About Who Is at Guantánamo? « Dandelion Salad

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:07:38 +0000

By: Why is a Yemeni Student in Guantánamo, Cleared on Three Occasions, Still Imprisoned? | America 20XY

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:39:44 +0000

[...] Ali Ahmed was finally released last September, and in the meantime another student in the house, Abdul Aziz al-Noofayee, a Saudi, was released last June, following the deliberations of the Task Force. In addition, two other Yemeni students, Mohammed Tahir and Fayad Yahya Ahmed, were released in December. [...]

By: Guantánamo and Yemen: Obama Capitulates to Critics and Suspends Prisoner Transfers – Dark Politricks

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:45:26 +0000

[...] Pressed as to what would happen to the Yemenis approved for transfer to Yemen by the administration’s interagency Task Force (up to half of the 90 or so Yemenis still in Guantánamo), Brennan explained that they would be “transferred back to Yemen at the right time and the right pace and in the right way,” and elaborated on the procedures that had already taken place regarding the release of the six men on the weekend of December 19/20, whose stories I described in an article last week: [...]

By: Guantánamo and Yemen: Obama Capitulates to Critics and Suspends Prisoner Transfers « Dark Politics

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:25:35 +0000

By: Anger in Yemen Over Halt to Release of Cleared Guantánamo Prisoners « freedetainees.org

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:37:27 +0000

[...] to this failed bomb attempt, the Obama administration had repatriated six cleared Yemenis from Guantánamo, following up on the release of another court-cleared Yemeni in October. These [...]

By: Obama’s Failure on Guantanamo

Obama’s Failure on Guantanamo — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:10:45 +0000

[...] final climb-down took place just two weeks ago, when, having finally found the courage to release six cleared Yemenis, Obama faced an onslaught of largely misplaced criticism following claims that Omar Farouk [...]