Pressure grows on Australia to take Uighers from Guantanamo
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After rejecting two requests from the United States to accept detainees from Guantanamo Bay there is continuing pressure on the Australian government, now especially over a group of 17 ethnic Uighurs who've been held at the facility.
Australia is home to several thousand Uighurs and the country's Federation of Islamic Councils says Australia should accept the group of Uighurs at Guantanamo Bay.
Presenter: Linda Mottram, Canberra Correspondent
Speaker: Ikebal Patel, president, Australian Federation of Islamic Councils
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