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Human rights organizations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International regularly express concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in East Turkistan. However, due to the Chinese authorities' tight controls on information, accurate and timely analysis of developments in East Turkistan is extremely difficult.
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 Since 2001, the US has held at least 22 Uyghur detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Most of these detainees are judged to have never been a threat to US national security, and are slated for release. However, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on August 12, 2003 that these Uyghurs will not be returned to China, and he expressed concerns that they are likely to face torture or execution. UHRP joins Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch in expressing grave concern for their safety if they are deported to any other nation where they might face the danger of torture or other cruel or inhumane treatment.
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EU: Follow Swiss Example of Accepting Guantanamo Detainees
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Switzerland's decision to accept for resettlement two Uighur detainees who have been wrongfully detained at Guantanamo for more than eight years is a significant contribution toward closing the prison, Human Rights Watch said today.
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China attacks Guantanamo Uighurs' asylum in Switzerland
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China has criticised a Swiss offer of asylum for two ethnic Uighur Chinese inmates at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay.
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Resettlement in ‘30 Days’
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 Two Uyghur detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay could be resettled within a month after the government of Switzerland agreed to accept them on humanitarian grounds, a lawyer for the men said Wednesday.
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Switzerland admits two Uyghurs for humanitarian reasons
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| | Today the Federal Council decided to admit for humanitarian reasons two Uyghurs with Chinese citizenship, who have been imprisoned in Guantánamo for years by the USA without being charged with a crime nor condemned. |
Uyghur Decision Imminent
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|  Switzerland will probably decide as soon as Feb. 3 whether to allow two ethnic Uyghur men, held for years in U.S. military custody at Guantanamo Bay but cleared of any wrongdoing, to settle in the Swiss region of Jura, a lawyer for the detained men said Tuesday. |
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