China calls for return of Guantanamo Bay inmates

[Coventina]

Source: Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — The United States should hand over 17 Chinese Muslims cleared for release from Guantanamo Bay, China said Thursday, amid long-standing efforts by Washington to resettle the detainees elsewhere.

The men from the Turkic-speaking Uighur minority were cleared for release from the U.S. military prison in Cuba in 2003, but the U.S. insists it will not hand them back to China because the Uighurs fear they will be tortured.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said the men belong to a violent separatist group and would be dealt with according to Chinese law, which forbids torture.

Jiang's remarks at a regular briefing came a day after a U.S. appeals court overturned a lower court's ruling by saying the Uighurs could not be immediately transferred to the United States. But the three-judge panel suggested they could seek entry by applying to the U.S. Homeland Security Department, which administers immigration laws.



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[daninthemoon]

1. that's right. only we can torture. we're the good guys.

[madrchsod]

2. "forbids torture"

nah...china will give them a "trial" then shoot them....

[LynnTheDem]

3. Versus bUshica which either just shot them or imprisoned & tortured them without trial.