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Three Former Guantanamo Detainees to Become Slovak Residents Soon
Monday 19 July 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, July 19 (TASR) - The three former Guantanamo Bay inmates currently being held in a detention camp in Medvedov (Trnava region) will be granted permanent residence in Slovakia so they can enjoy the country's protection, TASR learnt on Monday.
The procedure should be officially handled by the Interior Ministry's migration office. The former army-base detainees will become Slovak residents as soon as they receive the documents required in person.
The three were transferred to Slovakia in late January under an agreement with the United States. This followed U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to order the closure of the Guantanamo facility.
It wasn't until recently that the three detainees, who have never faced formal criminal charges, agreed to having their identities released. Tunisian national Rafiq Bin Jalud al Hami, 41, was held for more than seven years in Guantanamo, while the other two - 35-year old national of Azerbaijan Poolad T Tsiradzho and a 44-year-old national of Egypt Adel Fattouh al Ghazzar - were detained for over eight years.
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