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US releases one of longest-held Guantánamo Bay detainees to Tunisia

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US releases one of longest-held Guantánamo Bay detainees to Tunisia



Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi was held without charge for more than 20 years as prison facilitates burst of transfersA Tunisian national who had become one of Guantánamo Bay’s longest-held detainees has been released from the Cuban compound, the Pentagon announced on Monday night.Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi was transferred to his home country after being held without charge since the detention facility opened in January 2002. The 59-year-old appeared in one of the detention centre’s most iconic photographs, showing detainees kneeling in the open-air compound of Camp X-Ray. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/31/guantanamo-bay-detainee-released-tunisia

Author : Joseph Gedeon in Washington

Publish date : 2024-12-31 15:01:48

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