Posts Tagged Palau
President of Palau Talks About the Uighur Men
In this interview, Johnson Toribiong, the President of the nation of Palau, talks about the process of receiving - and future path of - the formerly detained Uighur men as they arrive in Palau.
January 20, 2010
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Uyghurs in Palau - 1 / 3
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November 17, 2009
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Uighur Detainees Willing to Move to Palau, Relocation Deal Close
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
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The Uighur detainees met with U.S. State Department officials on Monday and informed the diplomats they are now willing to move to Palau, said George Clarke, a lawyer acting for two of the inmates who took part in the talks.
KOROR, Palau - Some Chinese Muslims still detained at Guantanamo Bay have overcome reservations about being sent to the remote Pacific nation of Palau, and a fina
August 5, 2009
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Five Uighurs 'don't want' resettlement in PalauKOROR (AFP) — Five of 13 Guantanamo Bay detainees set for resettlement in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau do not want to go there, President Johnson Toribiong said on Monday.Palau said earlier this month it had agreed to take the detainees, members of the Chinese Muslim Uighur ethnic group.But Toribiong said only eight of 13 Uighur detainees destined for Palau had agreed to be interviewed by a delegation of Palau officials who vis
June 22, 2009
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