Guantanamo detainees taste freedom in Uruguay

Guantanamo detainees taste freedom in Uruguay

After 12 years behind bars at Guantanamo, these two men are enjoying a taste of freedom.br br Syrian Omar Mahmoud Faraj and Tunisian Adel bin Muhammad el Ouerghi appeared on their Montevideo balcony Friday morning, five days after being flown to Uruguay for resettlement.br br Faraj, el Ouerghi and four others were freed from what Faraj has called the "black hole" of Guantanamo Bay prison, a notorious facility US President Obama he pledged to close.br br The widely-condemned prison houses terrorism suspects who, for the most part, have never been charged or tried.


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Uploaded: 2014-12-12

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