Five of 13 Uighur Guantanamo Bay detainees set for resettlement in Palau don’t want to go there, according to the country’s president.
Palau
How the Uighurs could learn to hate paradise
It’s a tropical wonderland, says Jonathan Kaminsky, but for the 17 Uighurs being sent there, life in Palau may be no better than it’s been for former Gitmo detainees in Albania and Tunisia.
Palau agrees to take Uighur detainees
In order to avoid diplomatic issues with China and keep their own hands clean, the US will pay the tiny Pacific island of Palau up to $200 million to take in 17 Uighurs formerly held in Guantanamo Bay.
