Salahidin Abdulahad with his three children in Bermuda, where he was sent after being cleared of terrorism suspicions and freed from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in 2009.Photo by Handout

Canada ordered to make decision on residency applications by two Uyghurs after decade-long delay

Khalil Mamut and Salahidin Abdulahad were transferred to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and held until 2009. One of their wives is a Canadian citizen and the other a permanent resident

by · National Post

A federal court judge has given Canada’s immigration minister 30 days to make up his mind on the permanent residency applications of two Chinese citizens of Uyghur ethnicity captured in Pakistan and turned over to the United States military after coalition forces invaded Afghanistan in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Khalil Mamut and Salahidin Abdulahad were transferred to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and held there until 2009, when they were released to be resettled in Bermuda.

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