Topic: Palau
Obama administration tries to block court review in case of 5 ethnic Chinese Muslims at GitmoThe Obama administration on Thursday sought to block further court review in the case of five Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay who want to be sent ...
The Obama administration said Monday it has taken a " major step" toward closing the Guantanamo Bay prison now that the Pacific island nation of Palau has resettled six Chinese Muslim Uighurs.The six, who had been held for more than seven years ...
The tiny Pacific nation of Palau is at loggerheads with the US over what it has deemed an " inadequate" offer of aid under a treaty which governs their relations.Under the original compact of free association between Washington and the former US ...
At least four Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo Bay will be transferred to the Pacific island nation of Palau, President Johnson Toribiong said. "We have received word Friday from the United States government confirming their position" of temporarily resettling the Uighurs in ...
The United States has been holding talks with the Pacific island nation of Palau about its taking some or all of the 17 Chinese Uighur inmates from Guantanamo Bay, a US official said Tuesday.The senior official told AFP on condition of anonymity ...
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Palau Guantanamo Detainees
Jackson Henry, Palau's ambassador to Taiwan, second from left, and Masaichi ...AP News - -
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Palau Detainees
In this June 13, 2009 file photo, Palau President Johnson Toribiong talks ...AP News -
