U.S. sends nine Yemeni prisoners to Saudi Arabia from Guantanamo

April 16, 2016
PBS

The Pentagon has sent nine men to Saudi Arabia from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, seeing through negotiations that began during the administration of President George W. Bush. ...

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One of the men released, 36-year-old Ba Odah, had protested his detention without charges for 14 years by staging a long-term hunger strike.

Ba Odah’s weight dropped from 160 to 74 pounds during the strike, and the military force fed him to keep him alive. ...

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