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| Ghana: Decision to Allow Two Former Gitmo Prisoners Entry in 2016 ‘Unconstitutional’ | |
| 2017-07-01 | |
The country’s Supreme Court ruled that the ex-president required approval from Ghanaian politicians for the transfer to take place. The court gave Ghana’s parliament three months to approve or deny entry to the detainees who were once held at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, commonly known in the press as Gitmo. "Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih al-Dhuby had been held as enemy combatants but were cleared for release in 2009," notes the News Agency that Dare Not be Named (AP). "The two Yemenis were the first Guantanamo prisoners resettled in sub-Saharan Africa and arrived in January 2016." Former President "Mahama has said the detainees were taken in after a direct request by the United States government and did not pose a security threat. Several religious and civil society groups protested their transfer to Ghana," it adds. According to the CIA World Factbook, Ghana is a predominantly Christian with only about 20 percent of the population identified as Moslem. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Apparently Mr. Soetoro's check bounced. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-07-01 12:16 |