Today my dad went downtown to cover a story on the Portuguese Consulate's visit to Washington. Some of the "low profile" terrorists being released from
Guantanomo are 17 Chinese Muslims who belong the the ethnic Uighur group in the
Xinjiang region and were captured in the wake of the U.S invasion of Afghanistan. While the the prisoners have been cleared for release by the pentagon, the U.S had some difficulty finding countries willing to provide asylum for them. Many countries feared retaliation from the Chinese, who claim that the that the
Uighurs are attempting to for a separatist state and should be returned to China to be dealt with "according to Chinese law."
So anyway, the Consulate is here because Portugal has offered to take 3 of prisoners and today Hilary Clinton gave a press conference on the subject. Dad was just feet away from her and got a few good pictures. Even though dad is always very humble and modest about these things, I think it's quite cool.
There are also some links about the detainees below if you're interested.
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