Bali bomb plotters moved from Guantánamo to Malaysia after guilty plea

Malaysians imprisoned in US prison camp agreed to testify against alleged ringleader of attacks that killed 202The US has transferred two Malaysian detainees from the Guantánamo Bay military prison to their home country, after they pleaded guilty to charges related to deadly 2002 Bali bombings and agreed to testify against the alleged ringleader of that and other attacks.The transfers, and the repatriation of a Kenyan man who’d been held at Guantanamo for 17 years without charge, come as rights groups and others push the Biden administration to end the detention of more than a dozen other men held there without charge, and amid uncertainty over the incoming Trump administration’s plans for Guantanamo. Continue reading...

Bali bomb plotters moved from Guantánamo to Malaysia after guilty plea

Malaysians imprisoned in US prison camp agreed to testify against alleged ringleader of attacks that killed 202

The US has transferred two Malaysian detainees from the Guantánamo Bay military prison to their home country, after they pleaded guilty to charges related to deadly 2002 Bali bombings and agreed to testify against the alleged ringleader of that and other attacks.

The transfers, and the repatriation of a Kenyan man who’d been held at Guantanamo for 17 years without charge, come as rights groups and others push the Biden administration to end the detention of more than a dozen other men held there without charge, and amid uncertainty over the incoming Trump administration’s plans for Guantanamo. Continue reading...