Guantanamo captives transferred to Uruguay
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On December 6, after being held in extrajudicial detention, for over twelve years, Uruguay accepted six Guantanamo captives as refugees.[1][2] The United States has acknowledged holding a total of 779 captives in an internment camp the United States operated in violation of its obligations under the Geneva Conventions.
Four of the men were Syrians, one was a Tunisian, and one was a Palestinian.[3]
References
- ↑ "US frees six Guantanamo detainees to go to Uruguay". BBC News. 2014-12-07. Archived from the original on 2014-12-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20141208013333/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30367734. Retrieved 2014-12-07. "Uruguayan President Jose Mujica decided to take the detainees on humanitarian grounds in March but the move was put off until after elections last month."
- ↑ "US sends 6 Guantanamo Bay detainees to Uruguay as 'refugees'". Russia Today. 2014-12-07. Archived from the original on 2014-12-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20141208013755/http://rt.com/usa/212251-us-guantanamo-uruguay-prisoners/. Retrieved 2014-12-07. "The US has taken up Uruguay’s offer of resettling six detainees from Guantanamo Bay detention center, which has stained the reputation of Barack Obama after he promised to close the facility in 2008."
- ↑ "Six Guantánamo Bay prisoners transferred to Uruguay". The Guardian. 2014-12-07. Archived from the original on 2014-12-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20141207141747/http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/07/guantanamo-bay-prisoners-transferred-uruguay. "Uruguay’s president, José Mujica, agreed to accept the six men – four Syrians, a Tunisian and a Palestinian – as a humanitarian gesture and said they would be given help getting established in a country with a small Muslim population."
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