Thursday, June 11, 2009

U.S.: Four Uighur detainees to be resettled in Bermuda

There were groups in the U.S. willing to help with resettlement there but of course that could not be since they are supposedly a threat to security in the U.S. In Palau and Bermuda of course they are not threats at all I assume! Interesting that they cannot be sent to China since they may face persecution there. Perhaps so but there is no mention made that they have already faced years of persecution in Guantanamo at the hands of the U.S. but this apparently gives them no right to refugee status in the U.S. I wonder what sort of deal the U.S. has made with Palau and Bermuda to have them pawned off on them.

Four Uighur detainees to be resettled in Bermuda: U.S.
Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:52am EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four Chinese Muslim detainees who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility have been resettled in Bermuda, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
The Obama administration has been under pressure to resettle the detainees, known as Uighurs, as it tries to fulfill its promise to close the controversial prison for foreign terrorism suspects on the U.S. naval base in Cuba.
The announcement comes one day after the tropical Pacific Island nation of Palau agreed to temporarily take in 17 of the Uighur detainees, which the U.S. government worries may face persecution if they are returned to China.
The Uighurs have been cleared of terrorism allegations.

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