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  • Now that the Uighurs are here they should stay, but the way the decision was done needs protested.

    Global Voices in English » Bermuda: Guantanamo Protest 2009

  • Sixty had already been cleared for release by the Bush administration but some would likely face persecution if they returned to their home countries, in particular, a hapless group of seventeen Chinese Muslims known as Uighurs.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Sixty had already been cleared for release by the Bush administration but some would likely face persecution if they returned to their home countries, in particular, a hapless group of seventeen Chinese Muslims known as Uighurs.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Rather than negotiate with us, China's rulers prefer to label the Uighurs as terrorists, with myself as their leader.

    China's Double Game on Terrorism Rebiya Kadeer 2011

  • Sixty had already been cleared for release by the Bush administration but some would likely face persecution if they returned to their home countries, in particular, a hapless group of seventeen Chinese Muslims known as Uighurs.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Sixty had already been cleared for release by the Bush administration but some would likely face persecution if they returned to their home countries, in particular, a hapless group of seventeen Chinese Muslims known as Uighurs.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • The Justice Department had argued that because State and Defense Department intelligence reports said the Muslims, known as Uighurs, were tied to terrorism, those reports should be accepted as true.

    Is Least Likely to Offend GOP Amir Efrati 2010

  • The Justice Department had argued that because State and Defense Department intelligence reports said the Muslims, known as Uighurs, were tied to terrorism, those reports should be accepted as true.

    Is Least Likely to Offend GOP Amir Efrati 2010

  • He said he was reminded of that not long after he issued one of the most publicized rulings in the Guantanamo cases, deciding that a group of Chinese Muslims, known as Uighurs, should be released into the United States.

    Judges Urge Congress to Act on Indefinite Terrorism Detentions ProPublica 2010

  • The Justice Department had argued that because State and Defense Department intelligence reports said the Muslims, known as Uighurs, were tied to terrorism, those reports should be accepted as true.

    Is Least Likely to Offend GOP Amir Efrati 2010

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