Irish Guantánamo arrival a victory for campaigners

THE two Guantánamo Bay detainees being given refuge in Ireland are Uzbek nationals.

Irish Guantánamo arrival a victory for campaigners

One, 31-year-old Oybek Jabbarov, has been the focus of several months’ campaigning by Irish human rights groups seeking to bring him to Ireland.

Justice Minister Dermot Ahern, speaking after he met American Ambassador to Ireland Dan Rooney to confirm Ireland would take in the former inmates, said the Government had consistently called for the jail to be shut down.

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