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Reprieve condemns the UAE\u2019s threat to forcibly repatriate 18 Yemeni former Guant\u00e1namo detainees \u2013 which has been confirmed by multiple sources, speaking to Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forced disappearance and torture are rife in Yemen, as the UN recently reported<\/a>. Detainees\u2019 families have told Reprieve that they fear for their loved ones\u2019 lives should they be repatriated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between 2015 and 2017, the US transferred 23 former Guant\u00e1namo detainees to the UAE for resettlement on the basis that they could not safely be repatriated to their home countries. These included 18 Yemeni nationals, 4 Afghans and a Russian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

None had been charged with a crime, and all were cleared for transfer by representatives of every major US security agency. Their families were told that they would be able to resume their lives as free men in the UAE after an initial 6-12 month period in a residential rehabilitation centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, rather than facilitating the men\u2019s rehabilitation and reintegration, UAE authorities imprisoned the men in secret detention facilities without charge, trial, or access to lawyers. The men were held incommunicado with the exception of short, infrequent and heavily-monitored conversations with their families. Family members reported to Reprieve that the men were held in inhumane conditions, physically abused by guards, deprived of food and denied essential medical treatment. At least one of the men went on hunger strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December 2019, more than four years after the first former prisoners from Guant\u00e1namo arrived in the UAE to be resettled, the UAE began forcibly repatriating detainees. The four Afghans were repatriated to Afghanistan: within months, one had died. His family attributed his death to years of medical neglect and abuse at Guantanamo and in UAE detention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reprieve Deputy Director Katie Taylor said:<\/strong> \u201cIt is sickening that these 18 men\u2014who have never been charged with a crime\u2014are being threatened with a dangerous forced repatriation, instead of being released and allowed to resume their lives. Most were sold for bounties and held on the basis of discredited torture \u2018evidence\u2019 \u2013 and the USA\u2019s security agencies unanimously concluded they pose no threat. Flying them to Yemen would put their lives in danger and violate International law. The UAE and the US are both responsible for what happens next.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reprieve condemns the UAE\u2019s threat to forcibly repatriate 18 Yemeni former Guant\u00e1namo detainees \u2013 which has been confirmed by multiple sources, speaking to Associated Press. Forced disappearance and torture are rife in Yemen, as the UN recently reported. Detainees\u2019 families have told Reprieve that they fear for their loved ones\u2019 lives should they be repatriated. 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