Albania takes Guantanamo Uighurs

[spindrifter]

Five Chinese Muslim men have been released from the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay and flown to Albania for resettlement, the US says.
US officials had concluded the ethnic Uighers represented no danger but did not want to return them to China for fear they would face persecution.

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They had been forced to remain in the camp even though the US military determined a year ago they were not "enemy combatants" as had been thought when they were captured in Pakistan in 2001.

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The move to Albania meant the US government could, "avoid having to answer in court for keeping innocent men in jail," lawyer Barbara Olshansky said.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4979466.stm

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The article reveals that the men's case was to have a court date Monday.

[AlamoDemoc]

1. Yay Hooray! Give Albania the Medal of Freedom.. n/t

[lindisfarne]

2. I hope some human rights agency keeps tabs on them. n/t

[Supersedeas]

3. and the disappearing act continues in America's name