An American guard walks along the exterior of a camp for Chinese Uyghur detainees at the U.S. military prison for 'enemy combatants' on October 28, 2009 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (John Moore/Getty Images)MOREHIDE
An American guard walks along the exterior of a camp for Chinese Uyghur detainees at the U.S. military prison for 'enemy combatants' on October 28, 2009 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (John Moore/Getty Images)The United States Supreme Court has refused to consider the case of seven Uyghurs who have been detained at Guantanamo Bay for years.
The question was whether the executive branch could direct them to be freed into the United States if no other country would accept them.
The judges said all of the Chinese Muslims had been offered resettlement in other countries outside the U.S—including Switzerland, the Island of Palau, and another unnamed country. The Uyghurs had asked to be released into the United States.
A Federal appeals court will decide what happens to them next. President Obama has promised to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
