Canada Denies U.S. Request to Take Guantanamo Inmates
Canada refused a U.S. request to take Chinese Uighur Muslim inmates from the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba because they have no ties to Canada, a spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper said.
The 17 Chinese nationals captured after the Sept. 11 attacks were cleared for release or transfer between 2003 and 2008, and the U.S. hasn’t found a country willing to accept them. The U.S. says they traveled to camps in Afghanistan operated by a Uighur separatist group that the State Department calls a terrorist organization.
“Canada sees no justification for taking Guantanamo detainees who have no connection to Canada,”… Continue
