Apr 19, 2011

East Turkestan: US Supreme Court Rejects Uyghurs' Appeal


The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by five Chinese Uyghurs protesting their detention at Guantanamo.

 

Below is an article published by: Global Times.

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by five Chinese Uyghurs protesting their detention at Guantanamo.

The prisoners are among a group of 21 men belonging to the minority Uyghur Muslims who ended up in Afghanistan in 2001 but were cleared by the Bush and Obama administrations of all charges of terrorism.

In a brief statement, the court said "petitioners have received two offers of resettlement in countries (including Palau) the US determined ‘appropriate,'" although the five detainees are known to have rejected resettlement in Palau."

"These offers, the lack of any meaningful challenge as to their appropriateness, and the government's uncontested commitment to continue to work to resettle petitioners, transform the petitioners' claim," the statement said.

China has said the detainees were suspected members of the "East Turkistan Islamic Movement," listed as a terrorist group by the UN Security Council, and should be dealt with by China.