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Premier Ewart Brown admitted today he erred by announcing to MPs and the media a week ago that the four Guantánamo Bay Uighurs had been deemed a zero security risk by Bermuda’s Police Commissioner.
Dr. Brown said he discovered the information he gave...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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Democrat Patrick Leahy has become the latest American politician to praise Bermuda for taking in four former Guantánamo Bay prisoners.
He made a statement in the United States Senate voicing strong support for the Government's decision to offer asylu...
DATE: Jun 19, 2009
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The four Chinese Uighurs who arrived in Bermuda last week from Guantánamo Bay "cannot and should not go back" there, Sir Richard Gozney said yesterday.
The Governor told a press conference that though Britain viewed the "exchange of notes" between th...
DATE: Jun 18, 2009
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The four Chinese Uighurs who arrived in Bermuda last week “cannot and should not go back” to Guantánamo Bay, Sir Richard Gozney said today.
The Governor told a press conference that he did not want to go into details about the other options available...
DATE: Jun 17, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown's decision to bring four Guantánamo Bay detainees to Bermuda has prompted his critics to hold a march outside Parliament this lunchtime.
But the organisers insisted last night that the 12.30 p.m. demonstration, which they expect h...
DATE: Jun 16, 2009
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Immigration Minister David Burch said last night that the issue of the base lands clean-up was back up for discussion thanks to Bermuda's newly improved relationship with the US.
Senator Burch appeared on ZBM television news to answer questions about...
DATE: Jun 16, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown yesterday admitted that he may not have brought four Guantánamo Bay detainees to Bermuda had he anticipated the "firestorm" it would provoke.
But he told MPs during a speech in the House of Assembly that he still firmly believed i...
DATE: Jun 13, 2009
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Some but not all of the Uighurs seeking a new life in Bermuda were taught to break down a Kalashnikov in Afghanistan but none have any links with al Qaeda, their lawyer insisted yesterday.
Susan Baker Manning said the fact that some of her clients re...
DATE: Jun 13, 2009
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Top lawyers were last night left scratching their heads over Premier Ewart Brown's decision to sidestep the Governor and bring four Guantánamo Bay detainees to Bermuda without his permission.
Prominent attorneys who spoke to The Royal Gazette — most ...
DATE: Jun 12, 2009
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The Opposition yesterday denounced the Premier's decision to offer asylum to four Guantánamo Bay detainees in Bermuda, accusing him of "one-man autocratic rule" and "supreme arrogance".
Shadow Immigration Minister Shawn Crockwell told a press confere...
DATE: Jun 12, 2009
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