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U.S. Releases Tunisian Imprisoned at Guantánamo for 22 Years Without Charge (www.democracynow.org)

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He was abducted by Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan border in 2001 and accused of being an al-Qaeda fighter, but was never charged with a crime. Al-Yazidi was cleared for release more than a decade ago.

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 60 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

[–] ramsorge 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Just think what they’re gonna do to the immigrants who can work.

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's really hard to hope for the future when you don't learn from the past.

[–] Didros@beehaw.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's really hard to hope for the future when you learn from the past.

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's insane how many people either don't see this, or just don't believe it's going to happen for literally no reason other than that they don't want it to happen.

[–] ramsorge 3 points 3 weeks ago

You see it. I see it. Keep pointing it out. Collect the evidence to shut down disbelief. I sure hope we end up on the good side of history, and this gets stopped before it can get bad, but I’m not holding my breath.

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