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Uyghur group hails European moves to take Gitmo detainees

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The Uyghur American Association welcomed Tuesday indications that European governments were willing to resettle Guantanamo Bay detainees if the US closed the military prison.
UAA also said it was “thankful” to President-elect Barack Obama for his pledge to close the notorious “war on terror” detention facility.
“UAA urges the incoming administration to prioritize the [...]

US diplomat praises Portugal offer on Guantanamo

By MIKE MELIA
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An offer by Portugal to take in detainees released from Guantanamo Bay will bring the U.S. closer to its goal of closing the offshore military prison, an American diplomat said Thursday.
Clint Williamson, U.S. ambassador-at-large for war-crimes issues, said the gesture marks a breakthrough in efforts to [...]

URGENT ACTION: Free the 17 Uyghurs in Guantanamo

AI Index: AMR 51/112/2008
In a landmark ruling on 7 October 2008, Judge Ricardo Urbina of the US District Court for the District of Columbia (DC) ordered the government to release into the USA the 17 Uighur detainees still held in the US Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The government had earlier conceded that the [...]

Court refuses to immediately free Turkic Muslims

By HOPE YEN
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided federal appeals court on Monday refused to allow the immediate release into the U.S. of 17 Turkic Muslims being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, agreeing to keep them in prison for at least several more weeks.
In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. [...]

NY BigLaw Teams Win Release of Guantánamo Detainees

New York Lawyer
By Thomas Adcock
New York Law Journal
After years of litigation against the Bush administration, attorneys from two large Manhattan firms have won release of their ethnic Chinese clients from custody at the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba, where they had been detained by U.S. military authorities as enemy combatants.
On Oct. 7, Judge Ricardo [...]

Release of 17 Guantánamo Detainees Sputters as Officials Debate the Risk

TO ALL: Here is a time to write The Justice Dept, The State Department and your representatives.  We are going to have to help to push this thing through!  Contact info below article…

By WILLIAM GLABERSON

An urgent effort by the Bush administration to find a country willing to accept 17 detainees held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, [...]

The Uighurs Come to Washington

An Unlawful Detention
By JOANNE MARINER
Six-and-a-half years and countless court rulings after the Bush Administration first began bringing prisoners to Guantánamo, a milestone has finally been reached.eached. In a landmark decision, a federal court did more than criticize the Bush Administration’s detention policies: It ordered the release of a group of detainees.
The 17 Muslim Uighurs [...]

Rohrabacher: Release detainees

By Gene Maddaus, Staff Writer

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Ruling on Chinese hits Bush jail policy

In asking other countries to take the Uighurs, the Bush administration argues that US terrorism laws prohibit them from coming to the US, but critics say the government can provide waivers.

Tom Malinowski, of Human Rights Watch, said the state department had for months argued internally that the US should provide waivers for a few detainees to put pressure on other countries to help, but had met resistance from the justice department and Mr Cheney.

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