Guantanamo Detainees Released To Uruguay Now Want Compensation From The U.S.

Abdul Bin Muhammad Bin Abbas Ouerghi, Ali Husein Shaaban, and Abd al-Hadi Omar Mahmoud Faraj outside of the US Embassy – Image Credit: MIGUEL ROJO/AFP/Getty Images

The Guardian: Former Guantánamo detainees protest in Uruguay to demand aid from US

Refugees who were given shelter in Uruguay after being detained and tortured have been protesting outside US embassy for days with calls for living assistance

After being detained, tortured and – eventually – released without charges, four former Guantánamo Bay inmates are protesting outside the US embassy in Montevideo to demand housing, jobs and living expenses from their former captors.

The refugees, who were given shelter in Uruguay after they were freed in December, have been camping outside the diplomatic mission by the River Plate since Friday because they say they are treated worse here than former Guantánamo Bay refugees released to other countries.

WNU Editor: The former Uruguayan President who permitted these four detainees to enter the country now has regrets .... President of Uruguay blasts former Guantanamo prisoners for 'lacking a work ethic' after they were resettled in his country and turned down jobs (daily Mail).

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