guantanamo bay

Who’s Lying About Indefinite Detention Story?

Donklephant  Sat, 06/27/2009 - 11:27am

A bombshell story broke today about the Obama administration drafting an executive order that could be used to hold terrorism suspects indefinitely.



 

Remote Island Nation To Resettle Uighur Detainees

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Wed, 06/10/2009 - 5:45am

The tiny Pacific island nation of Palau says it will temporarily resettle a number Uighur detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay.

The 17 Uighurs are Turkic Muslims from northwestern China captured after 9-11, but found not to be enemy combatants.

They can't be returned to China, for fear Beijing might execute them.