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<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000099">Guantanamo decision taken <span style="font-style: italic">"without permission"</span> -from the Government House-
Governor to assess implications
Bermuda, Thursday, June 11, 2009
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Four Chinese Muslim detainees who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility have been resettled in Bermuda.
Premier Dr. Ewart Brown made the announcement this morning at a press conference and stressed that the men were innocent.
The four men aged 25 to 35 are Chinese Muslims called Uighurs and arrived by air last night. They will be given the opportunity to get Bermudian status.
Dr. Brown said: These men are landed in Bermuda in the short term provided with the opportunity to become naturalised citizens and therefore afforded the right to travel and leave Bermuda potentially settling elsewhere.
Today one of the men, Abdul Nasser, issued a statement through his lawyers, saying: Growing up under communism we always dreamed of living in peace and working in a free society like this one. Today you have let freedom ring.
However this morning it emerged the decision had been taken without the permission of Government House.
Governor Sir Richard Gozney said: Yes it was done without permission and the Government of Bermuda should have consulted with us because it carries with it foreign policy ground areas and security issues.
We will now need to assess these four individuals. We were only told this morning.
We are working with the Government of Bermuda to address these issues. There are two parts to it the assessing of the individuals and the other is assessing the implications.
I am not going to pass judgement on it. We are talking to the Premier.
He said that was all he could comment on and referred The Royal Gazette to the Foreign Commonwealth Office.
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Governor to assess implications
Bermuda, Thursday, June 11, 2009
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Four Chinese Muslim detainees who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility have been resettled in Bermuda.
Premier Dr. Ewart Brown made the announcement this morning at a press conference and stressed that the men were innocent.
The four men aged 25 to 35 are Chinese Muslims called Uighurs and arrived by air last night. They will be given the opportunity to get Bermudian status.
Dr. Brown said: These men are landed in Bermuda in the short term provided with the opportunity to become naturalised citizens and therefore afforded the right to travel and leave Bermuda potentially settling elsewhere.
Today one of the men, Abdul Nasser, issued a statement through his lawyers, saying: Growing up under communism we always dreamed of living in peace and working in a free society like this one. Today you have let freedom ring.
However this morning it emerged the decision had been taken without the permission of Government House.
Governor Sir Richard Gozney said: Yes it was done without permission and the Government of Bermuda should have consulted with us because it carries with it foreign policy ground areas and security issues.
We will now need to assess these four individuals. We were only told this morning.
We are working with the Government of Bermuda to address these issues. There are two parts to it the assessing of the individuals and the other is assessing the implications.
I am not going to pass judgement on it. We are talking to the Premier.
He said that was all he could comment on and referred The Royal Gazette to the Foreign Commonwealth Office.
Read the Rest Here