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NEWS ABOUT: Palau

Palau stories: 9 news summaries

 6 Gitmo Uighurs Arrive in Palau 

Latest transfers trade prison for ocean views

Nov 1, 09 7:56 AM CST
(AP) - Six Chinese Muslims newly released from Guantanamo Bay traded life behind bars today for rooms with ocean view in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau. The Uighurs, in US custody since 2001, were met at the airport in the middle of the night by President Johnson Toribiong and taken to... More »

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Guantanamo prisoners • detainees • Uighurs • Palau • Johnson Toribiong

(AP) - The Supreme Court will hear a new case about the rights of Guantanamo detainees, this time involving prisoners who remain in custody even after the Pentagon determines they're not a threat to the United States, the court said today. Last year, the court said in a 5-4 ruling that federal... More »

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China • Guantanamo Bay • US Supreme Court • Uighurs • Obama administration • Bermuda • Palau

 Uighur Won't Leave Brother 
 at Gitmo—So He's Staying 

Neither is guilty, but one has no offer of resettlement

Sep 28, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bahtiyar Mahnut, a Chinese Uighur detainee at Guantanamo Bay, is guilty of no crime. In fact, he’s free to leave and even has an offer of sanctuary from the island nation of Palau, like all of his compatriots save one. And that one, his brother Arkin, is why he’... More »

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China • mental illness • brother • Guantanamo prisoners • Uighurs • Gitmo • Palau • Bahtiyar Mahnut • Arkin Mahmud

(Newser) - When the island nation of Palau agreed to help President Obama close Gitmo by taking in 13 detainees, few Americans had heard of the tiny country. But the US and Palau share a close bond, NPR reports. “It’s a small island nation, but its status as a sovereign... More »

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tourism • Guantanamo Bay • military bases • Guantanamo prisoners • jellyfish • Palau

(Newser) - Palau’s president Johnson Toribiong today said five of the 13 Uighurs held at Guantanamo Bay and set to be resettled in his country don't want to go, AFP reports. “A handful may not come,” he said. A recent delegation from the country to Gitmo met with just... More »

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Guantanamo Bay • detainees • Uighurs • Chinese Muslims • President Obama • Palau • Johnson Toribiong

Palau's Prez
Makes Moral
Call to Take
in Detainees

'They're not monsters,' says island leader

Jun 15, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - That Palau's president was once a defense lawyer may explain why he risked upsetting his island's 20,000 residents and their peaceful isolation from the world to take in 13 former Guantanamo detainees. "They should be presumed innocent because no one has proven them guilty," newly elected Johnson... More »

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island • Guantanamo prisoners • detainees • Uighurs • Palau • Johnson Toribiong

4 Chinese Gitmo Detainees Freed to Bermuda

Beijing opposes sending other Muslim inmates to Palau

Jun 11, 09 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four Chinese Muslims inmates from Guantanamo have been released in Bermuda in the first successful US resettlement of Uighurs since 2006, the AP reports. The disposition of 13 others is unclear, according to the Miami Herald, but Palau has offered to accept them, a move China opposes. Beijing has called... More »

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China • Guantanamo Bay • detainees • Uighurs • Bermuda • Chinese Muslims • Palau • Johnson Toribiong

 Palau to Take Gitmo's 
 Chinese Detainees 

Island nation's move resolves key camp-closing concern

Jun 10, 09 8:41 AM CDT
(AP) - Palau agreed to accept 17 Chinese Muslims who have languished in legal limbo at Guantanamo Bay, indicating a resolution to one of the thorniest issues facing the Obama administration's decision to close the prison camp. The announcement, which would clear the last of the Uighurs from the camp, was a... More »

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China • Guantanamo Bay • Uighurs • Obama administration • Chinese Muslims • President Obama • Palau • Johnson Toribiong

(Newser) - The US wants to resettle Uighur detainees held at Guantanamo Bay on the Pacific island nation of Palau, the AP reports. Palau, whose eight main islands lie 500 miles east of the Philippines, has strong ties to the US and depends on it for aid and protection. Daniel Fried, the... More »

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South Pacific • Guantanamo Bay • detainees • Uighurs • Obama administration • Daniel Fried • Palau

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