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Uighur-Americans, largely unknown in the US, wait to take in Guantanamo detainees
Associated Press WriterMcLEAN, Va. (AP) _ For centuries, hospitality to weary travelers has been part of the Uighur culture. The Uighur land in what is now the far western province of China carried merchants traversing the famed Silk Road. So in many ways it was only natural...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Human Rights, International Law, Civil Rights, Dalai Lama
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D.C. Uighurs wait to take in Gitmo detainees
Associated Press WriterFor centuries, hospitality to weary travelers has been part of the Uighur culture. The Uighur land in what is now the far western province of China carried merchants traversing the famed Silk Road. So in many ways it was only natural for Elshat Hassan,...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Human Rights, International Law, Civil Rights, Dalai Lama
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Sudanese detainee freed from Guantanamo, vows to campaign for release of other prisoners
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) _ A Sudanese detainee transferred out of Guantanamo has vowed to campaign for the release of the roughly 255 inmates remaining at the U.S. military prison. Mustafa Ibrahim Mustafa Al Hassan, who arrived Tuesday in the...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Defense, Puerto Rico, Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces
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After nearly 7 years at Guantanamo, Chinese Muslims set to be freed this week are told to wait
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ A group of Chinese Muslims set to be freed into the U.S. this week from Guantanamo Bay found their freedom stymied yet again after a simple government plea: What's a couple more weeks or so in jail after nearly seven years? That in...Tags: Court Administration, National Government, Punishment, Lawyers, Constitutional Issues
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China says it will not torture Chinese Guantanamo detainees if they are returned to China
BEIJING (AP) _ China on Thursday rejected concerns that it would torture Chinese Muslims held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay if they are returned to China, saying they will be dealt with according to the law. China has called on the U.S. to...Tags: Local Authority, Court Administration, Abusive Behavior, Wars and Interventions, Terrorism
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Judge won't block plan to move Pontiac prisoners
Associated Press WriterA judge on Wednesday decided not to block a Department of Corrections plan to move 100 prisoners over the next two weeks out of a central Illinois prison the agency plans to close. The union that represents the Pontiac Correctional Center's 570...Tags: Mental Illness, Employees, Judges, Government, Prisons
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Release ordered for 17 at Guantanamo
Associated PressA federal judge ordered the Bush administration yesterday to immediately free 17 Chinese Muslims from the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay into the United States, a ruling that could set the course for releasing dozens of prisoners at the naval...Tags: Bill Clinton, Judges, Human Rights, Prisons, Wars and Interventions
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Mackerel catches on as currency in prison system
The Wall Street JournalWhen Larry Levine helped prepare divorce papers for a client a few years ago, he got paid in mackerel. Once the case ended, he says, "I had a stack of macks." Levine and his client were prisoners in California's Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex....Tags: Drug Trafficking, Government, Prisons, National Government, Wars and Interventions
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Officer wrote of harsh treatment of U.S. detainee
Associated PressA U.S. military officer warned Pentagon officials that an American detainee was being driven nearly insane by months of punishing isolation and sensory deprivation in a U.S. military brig, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press. The...Tags: Defense, Human Rights, American Civil Liberties Union, Lawyers, Armed Forces
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Mishaps mark John McCain's record as naval aviator
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersJohn McCain was training in his AD-6 Skyraider on an overcast Texas morning in 1960 when he slammed into Corpus Christi Bay and sheared the skin off his plane's wings. McCain recounted the accident decades later in his autobiography. "The engine quit...Tags: Weaponry, Guerrilla Activity, Defense, Florida Atlantic University, Political Campaigns
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Judge orders release of Chinese Muslims at Gitmo
WASHINGTON - A federal judge ordered the Bush administration yesterday to immediately free 17 Chinese Muslims from Guantánamo Bay into the United States, a dramatic ruling that could set the course for releasing dozens of other prisoners at the naval...Tags: Defense, Human Rights, National Government, Judges, Bill Clinton
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US-based human rights watchdog criticizes Jordan for alleged torture in jails
Associated Press WriterAMMAN, Jordan (AP) _ A New York-based human rights group accused Jordan's security services Wednesday of carrying out widespread torture in the country's jails. The Human Rights Watch report comes a year after the U.N. special rapporteur on torture,...Tags: Human Rights, Metal and Mineral, International Law, Civil Rights, Imperial and Royal Matters
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