U.S. Moves 5 Guantanamo Prisoners to Kazakhstan
Date
12/31/2014 10:21:19 AM
(MENAFN- QNA) U.S. Department of Defense announced that three Yemenis and two Tunisians held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo have been flown to Kazakhstan for resettlement, the latest in a series of prisoner transfers aimed at closing the facility.
The transfer of the five men followed a recent pledge by U.S. President Barack Obama for a stepped-up push to shut the internationally condemned detention center at the U.S. naval base in Cuba where most prisoners have been held without being charged or tried.
The U.S. government has moved 28 prisoners out of Guantanamo this year, the largest number since 2009. A senior U.S. official said the quickened pace would continue with further transfers expected in coming weeks.
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