Detained Sudanese freed

[Judi Lynn]

Detained Sudanese freed
16/02/2004 08:24 - (SA)

Khartoum - Two Sudanese nationals have been freed from the US Navy base at Guantanamo and negotiations were under way for the release of the remaining ten Sudanese detainees, Foreign Minister Mustafa Ismail said on Sunday.

"We were informed today by the US authorities that two Sudanese nationals have been released from the US base in Guantanamo, Cuba," Ismail told journalists.

He added that a Sudanese delegation visiting Guantanamo was making arrangements for the return of the two men, while it was negotiating the release of the rest.

Ismail did not name any of the 12 or say when, how or where they were arrested, though unconfirmed news reports here said one of those freed was seized while he was a cameraman in Afghanistan for the Arabic television station Al-Jazeera.
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