At least four Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo Bay will be transferred to the Pacific island nation of Palau, President Johnson Toribiong said. "We have received word Friday from the United States government confirming their position" of temporarily resettling the Uighurs in Palau, Toribiong said, in comments seen by AFP Monday. "Four Uighurs are confirmed to temporarily settle in Palau ...

Up to nine Chinese Muslims held in Guantanamo Bay for the past seven years will be moved to the remote Pacific territory of Palau by the end of the year, President Johnson Toribiong has confirmed. Residents in the archipelago have expressed unease at having the Uighurs in their midst, and Beijing has demanded they be sent back to China, but ...

Up to nine Chinese Muslims held in Guantanamo Bay for the past seven years will be moved to the remote Pacific territory of Palau by the end of the year, President Johnson Toribiong has confirmed. Residents in the archipelago have expressed unease at having the Uighurs in their midst, and Beijing has demanded they be sent back to China, but ...

Five of 13 Guantanamo Bay detainees set for resettlement in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau do not want to go there, President Johnson Toribiong said on Monday. Palau said earlier this month it had agreed to take the detainees, members of the Chinese Muslim Uighur ethnic group. But Toribiong said only eight of 13 Uighur detainees destined for Palau ...