US frees last 3 Uighur prisoners from Guantanamo

December 31, 2013 at 4:21p.m.

MIAMI (AP) — Three members of a persecuted ethnic minority from China have been released from Guantanamo Bay and sent to the Central European country of Slovakia, officials said today, resolving a diplomatic dilemma that had kept the men imprisoned long after a judge had ordered their release. The three men were the last three ethnic Uighurs held at the U.S. base in Cuba and their release after months of intense diplomatic efforts comes amid a renewed effort by President Barack Obama to close down the prison.