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Four Uighur Guantanamo Detainees To Be Sent To Bermuda
A day after 17 Uighurs held captive at Guantanamo Bay were released to the island nation of Palau, it's been announced that four of those 17 Uighurs--Huzaifa Parhat, Abdul Semet, Abdul Nasser and Jalal Jalaladin—were sent to the British island territory of Bermuda.
Bermudan officials made a deal with the US government to take in the four Uighurs, Muslims who hail from Western China. The decision surprised British government officials, who criticized Bermudan officials for not consulting with them. Britain has claimed that they have taken in enough Guantanamo detainees and not get involved with the Uighurs, who the Chinese government want returned to China.
The four Uighurs entered Bermuda as "guest workers," and will not be able to leave the island since they lack any formal travel documents.
It's possible that Bermuda defied the UK government in an effort to curry favour with the US government. The Obama administration has talked openly about taking action against tax havens like Bermuda.
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at 23:47 on June 11th, 2009
this is just another attempt at riling up the independence bandwagon,by Brown,a 60s racist black beret revolutionary,now wearing pin stripe suits, as Premier of Bermuda.
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at 18:43 on June 13th, 2009
SAL, please keep up the good work ... I am with you all the way.... Ewart is destroying this very fragile eco system we have here and he is stealing all the money and even if he was forced from government , would living the life. Alot of ignorant people put him in power and now hopefully they can see how much of an ass, racist and dictator he is.
His degenerit son should be hung /or spend life in prison. But hey he definitely learned from the best. As a son, you can only strive be the same or better than your father.
I truely hope the UK has a comission and takes all his assets , and all the other payoffs that he has made. Obviously, there is a link with Michael Misick in Turks and Caicos , and he has be travelling back and forth with Correia Construction with there building project down there. So, with Misick convicted of selling Crown Land for personal gain , obviously there is some connection and definitely need a UK commision due to the link.
http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000012/001247.htm
at 01:18 on June 15th, 2009
Bermuda made the laughing stock of the world from EB's latest ego trip Terrorists are "in your face" just as the EB Micky Mouse Dictatorship that now has made Bermuda the target of Contempt and ridicule ,the joke the World.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/06/14/world/20090614UIGHURS_index.html
at 17:32 on June 15th, 2009
Actually I like the idea any thing to get that damn illegal prison closed down.
at 15:06 on June 16th, 2009
It took a black female, Mrs. Battersbee,who read the speech, to tell EB about himself, to his face,in public!
She has more guts than the whole cabinet of useless incompetents ,EB herd animals blindly following his steaming excrement!
Huge protest outside Cabinet
http://www.royalgazette.com/siftology.royalgazette/Article/article.jsp?articleId}9684230030002§ionId`
Thousand people gathered in front of the Cabinet building this afternoon to call for the Premier to step down following his decision to bring four Guantanamo detainees to Bermuda without consulting with the Governor or the UK Government.
The huge crowd first heard speeches by rally organisers outside Sessions House demanding Dr. Ewart Brown's resignation, before marching en masse to the Cabinet lawn.
As a large Police presence kept vocal protesters at bay, the growing group was addressed by the Premier, who said he had delayed a meeting with the Governor to listen to the people of Bermuda.
Today's protest comes following Dr. Brown's controversial decision to allow four Chinese Muslims, called Uighurs, to be resettled in Bermuda after their release from the Cuban prison
The UK Government and Governor Sir Richard Gozney have expressed their anger that Dr. Brown did not consult the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and only involved his colleague Immigration Minister Senator David Burch in his plans.
at 16:25 on July 11th, 2009
PLP MPs call for Premier Dr. Brown's resignation
In the wake of the Premier's surprise decision to call for a vote on the Gaming Bill yesterday morning, which failed, Minister Terry Lister stood at the Motion to Adjourn the House and led the call for the Premier to resign.
He said: "I am calling on the Premier to step down as soon as possible and allow the party to select who we need to heal as a party and allow the country to move forward and focus on the good of the country."
Mr Lister listed off instances where he believed the Premier showed poor leadership such as taking the national debt from $175 million in 2004 to $680 million in 2009, asking Ministers to cut back and then spending $400,000 travel.
Speaking of the Gaming Bill he said it indicated the Premier "has no respect for this House"
Former Minister Randolph Horton stood next asking the Premier to step down, saying he had never seen Bermuda divided as much as it has been in the last month over the Premier's surprise move to bring four Guantánamo Bay detainees to the Island without consulting the Cabinet of Governor.
Speaking of the Premier's attempt to pass Gaming legislation yesterday he said: I am asking that each member of this house stand up and say enough is enough... I don't think any one in this House can say they trust the Premier."
Former Cabinet member Wayne Perinchief joined Mr. Lister in calling for the Premier's resignation, calling it a "watershed moment", adding: "I cannot remember another leader challenged in this way in the House.
"I have been a very strident and consistent critic of the leadership shown this term," said Mr. Perinchief. "What has happened today in the house is consistent with what has happened with other matters. There comes a time where partisan politics need to take second place to the politics to lead a country. Leaders should bring people together, not divide them.
Speaking of the future he said: "In the recess, our government and our party has to make tough decisions."
Minister of Sport Elvin James stood next asking for the resignation of the Premier and added: "Mr. Speaker no man is bigger than this party.
"I have listened to my constituents say 'where is your backbone? Where is your spine? We put you in there and what are you doing?'."
He also noted that he wanted leadership change to come about in the right way. I didn't want to support actions by others or be dictated by the media."
at 05:18 on August 13th, 2009
I can landscape too August 5, 2009
Letters to the Editor
Dear Sir,
I am Bermudian born and raised and I've been out of work since February when I was made redundant. I went to one of those town hall meetings down in St. George's back in March where I filled in a form with all my particulars. No one has ever contacted me.
I know how to drive a golf cart.
J.C. SIMPSON
St. David's