Switzerland welcomes two Uighurs from Guantanamo...

Two former detainees held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp have begun new lives in a French-speaking region of Switzerland.

“Things are going well and we want to provide a little quiet,” Charles Juillard, the president of canton Jura, told local parliamentarians. “We want to ensure them greater peace in the coming days.”

The parliamentarians erupted into applause at Juillard's statements on Wednesday. More...

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