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Release After 8 Long Years – Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs Press Release: United States Transfers Six Uighur Detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Palau
November 4, 2009 – 2:39 pm | No Comment
Release After 8 Long Years – Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs Press Release: United States Transfers Six Uighur Detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Palau

Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Saturday, October 31, 2009

United States Transfers Six Uighur Detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Palau
Six detainees who are Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity have been transferred from the …

Press Release: Freedom House Condemns Pakistan, China for Uighur Extraditions – May 7, 2009
May 7, 2009 – 3:21 pm | No Comment
Press Release: Freedom House Condemns Pakistan, China for Uighur Extraditions – May 7, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Freedom House condemns Pakistan’s recent decision to violate international law by handing over a group of Uighur exiles to the Chinese authorities. The case is a disturbing sign of China’s growing influence in …

Chinese Inmates at Guantánamo Pose a Dilemma
March 31, 2009 – 10:17 am | No Comment
Chinese Inmates at Guantánamo Pose a Dilemma

By WILLIAM GLABERSON and MARGOT WILLIAMS
Published: March 31, 2009
WASHINGTON — Ilshat Hassan’s flight from China has brought refuge, a job at the consulting firm Booz Allen and an apartment in the Virginia suburbs.
Mr. Hassan, an …

Guantanamo Bay release overturned
February 18, 2009 – 2:51 pm | No Comment
Guantanamo Bay release overturned

The 17 have been in Guantanamo Bay for nearly eight years

US federal appeals court has rejected the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay detainees onto US soil, reports say.
A US judge ruled last …

Ethnic Cleansing in the Making
January 2, 2002 – 9:30 pm | No Comment
Ethnic Cleansing in the Making

By Faisal Kutty – The tragic events of that fateful morning on September 11th are being exploited by many to advance their own agendas. The Chinese government is no exception, according to recent reports put …