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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 774 

Expressing appreciation to Bermuda for accepting 4 individuals released from 

the detention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 

Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. 

DELAHUNT, and Mr. WEXLER) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing appreciation to Bermuda for accepting 4 individuals released from the detention facility at Naval Station, 

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

Whereas President Barack Obama has vowed to close the detention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

Cuba, in January 2010, necessitating the release or 

transfer of about 225 individuals detained at the facility; 

Whereas at least 50 detainees have thus far been cleared for 

release; 

Whereas since President Obama took office about 15 detainees have left Guantanamo and were resettled in Britain, 

France, Bermuda, Chad, Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Portugal, and 1 detainee was transferred to the 

State of New York for a Federal trial; 


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Whereas there has been significant opposition in Congress 

and the wider public to resettling detainees into the 

United States or transferring detainees to prisons in the 

United States; 

Whereas the United States, must ensure, in compliance with 

international human rights law (including the Convention 

Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading 

Treatment or Punishment, done at New York on December 10, 1984, and entered into force with respect to the 

United States on November 20, 1994), that detainees will 

not be transferred to nations where their safety will be 

jeopardized; 

Whereas in May 2009, during a visit to the White House, 

Premier Ewart Brown of Bermuda offered to assist the 

United States in relocating released detainees from the 

detention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

Cuba; 

Whereas in June 2009, Bermuda accepted 4 former prisoners, Chinese Uighurs who had been cleared twice of 

being enemy combatants by the United States Government and were cleared for release; 

Whereas, since then, Congress has prohibited the use of Federal funds for transfers and also requires a 2-week detailed notification before future moves; 

Whereas Bermuda provided the aircraft to fly the Uighurs to 

their new home; 

Whereas the 4 Uighurs have been given temporary jobs tending the grounds of a golf course in Port Royal, in an effort to integrate them into the surrounding society: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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1 (1) expresses its appreciation to Bermuda for 

2 accepting 4 Chinese Uighurs released from the de3 tention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

4 Cuba; 

5 (2) encourages Bermuda to ensure that the 4 

6 former detainees are able to participate as fully as 

7 possible in their local community and in Bermudan 

8 society; and 

9 (3) heralds Bermuda for safely, humanely, and 

10 effectively resettling individuals detained at the de11 tention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

12 Cuba, who have been cleared of wrongdoing. 

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