Guantanamo inmates for Ireland

Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern called on the public to acknowledge the difficult conditions in which the two men had been detained for a number of years.

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Two former detainees of the US’s Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba are to be resettled in the Republic, Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern has confirmed.

The Government has previously said it was looking at taking in two Uzbek prisoners identified for resettlement to help facilitate President Barack Obama’s order that the prison be closed by the end of January.

A definite timetable has yet to be established for the transfer of the two male detainees but both are expected within the next couple of months, Mr Ahern said today at a meeting in Dundalk with the new US Ambassador Dan Rooney.

While the two men were not being admitted as refugees within the terms of the Geneva Convention, Mr Ahern said he intended to adhere to the norms of official procedure in respecting the rights of the two men to their privacy.

“There would not therefore be public disclosure of any personal information, family situations, nor would details of the arrangements for travel to Ireland be made public,” he said.

The Minister said he made the decision to accept the men after receiving a report from a group of Irish officials last week on their visit to Washington and Guantanamo.

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