Tag Archives: guantanamo

Adel Hakimjan

The BBC has just put up a story on Adel Hakimjan, a.k.a. Adel (Adil) Abdul Hakim or Adel Abdulhehim, one of the five Uyghur detainees in Guantanamo initially taken in by Albania. Adel, 34, describes [...]

Miami Herald on Guantanamo Uyghurs

The Miami Herald ran an article on the Guantanamo Uyghur detainees yesterday.  It is remarkably sympathetic, based as much as seems to have been possible on research and direct observation, and avoids the sensationalism usually [...]

US Official on Guantanamo Uyghurs: “China is the only country that wants them back.”

Today, Portugal announced its willingness to take in some Guantanamo detainees as refugees and encouraged other members of the European Union to follow suit.  The Uyghur detainees, as is increasingly common, are receiving especial media [...]

Judge Orders Release of Guantanamo Uyghur Detainees

Today, Tuesday 7 October 2008, Washington, DC District Judge Ricardo Urbina ordered the release of the seventeen remaining Uyghur detainees at the American prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to be released to US soil. [...]