to UruguayNYT ^ | December 7, 2014
the 72nd Pearl Harbor Day, hindered them (for now).
U.S. Transfers 6 Guantánamo Detainees to Uruguay
NYT ^ | December 7, 2014 | Charlie Savage
Posted on 12/7/2014 6:28:33 AM by wtd
•U.S. Transfers 6 Guantánamo Detainees to Uruguay
WASHINGTON– The United States transferred six detainees from the Guantánamo Bay prison to Uruguay this weekend, the Defense Department announced early Sunday. It was the largest single group of inmates to depart the wartime prison in Cuba since 2009, and the first detainees to be resettled in South America.
The transfer included a Syrian man who has been on a prolonged hunger strike to protest his indefinite detention without trial, and who has brought a high-profile lawsuit to challenge the military’s procedures for force-feeding him. His release may moot most of that case, although a dispute over whether videotapes of the procedure must be disclosed to the public is expected to continue.
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