AFTER 13 YEARS IMPRISONED WITHOUT CHARGE, MAN RELEASED FROM GUANTANAMO (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Friday, November 07, 2014, 12:00

<ANOTHER PROMISE NOT FULFILLED.>

Groups say human rights violations at the prison continue, Gitmo must be closed

A man held at the Guantánamo Bay prison for nearly 13 years without charge has been transferred to his home country of Kuwait.

The Department of Defense made the announcement of his release Wednesday.

Thirty-seven-year-old Fawzi al Odah is the first man to be released based on the assessment of the Periodic Review Board, a body established in 2011 through an executive order and tasked with evaluating the merits of ongoing detention for Guantánamo prisoners.

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