Chinese Muslims to Seek Release from Guantanamo Bay
813 views · Published 30 March 2009 · 3:32 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2009 · News & Politics
President Obama recently reaffirmed his intention to close the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba within a year. But lawyers for Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo are not waiting and plan to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene on their clients' behalf. The attorneys want the Supreme Court to review a recent federal appeals court decision that blocked the release of the Chinese nationals, known as Uighurs. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, no charges have ever been brought against the Uighur detainees, but just where to settle them remains an open and thorny question.
