Six Gitmo Detainees Returned
almotamar.net – SANAA- An official source at the foreign ministry stated Monday that Yemen received during the past two days six Yemeni citizens who are detained in Guanbtanamo Bay prison.
In a statement to almotamar.net the source pointed out continuation of contacts with the American administration on the possibility of the remaining Yemenis imprisoned there.
The republic of Yemen has received a list of 106 persons names the United States of America detains then upon fighting terror. The Yemeni authorities continue conducting investigations to be sure of their identity whether those persons were actually Yemenis.Until the half of last year Yemen received four detains from Guantanamo. A delegation of American lawyers and amnesty International Organisation that visited Yemen last year said there were between 150 to 160 Yemeni detainees in Guantanamo.
SANA’A – Six Yemeni nationals who had been detained at the US military camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have returned to Yemen, the country’s official news agency Saba reported on Monday. The agency did not provide further details about the freed prisoners or say whether they would face trial in Yemen.
Saba quoted a Yemeni Interior Ministry source as saying that contacts were under way with US authorities for the release of more Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo.
On Sunday, the US Defence Department said that a total of 18 Guantanamo prisoners had been sent to their home countries over the weekend, reducing the number of prisoners at the US naval base to about 395.
According to unofficial statistics, the number of Yemenis detained in Guantanamo stands at 130.
Last year, Yemen repatriated four citizens from the Guantanamo prison and put them on trial.
Two of the men were convicted last March of falsifying identification documents and sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
None were charged with terrorism-related activities.
