THREE GUANTANAMO INMATES SENT TO SLOVAKIA.

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Some progress has been made in closing the US terror suspect prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On 31 December 2013, three Uyghurs held at Guantanamo for more than a decade were transferred to Slovakia for voluntary resettlement. And on 26 December, President Barack Obama signed into law a bill that eases restrictions on transferring Guantanamo inmates to third countries, although Congress still insists they not be transferred onto US soil...