Former Guantanamo Detainee Azerbaijani Polad Sirajov Continues Living in Slovakia

Victoria Dementyeva; Former Guantanamo detainee Azerbaijani Polad Sirajov continues living in Slovakia.

APA reports quoting The Slovak Spectator that along with Sirajov, Guantanamo prisoners Adil al-Gazzar from Egypt and Rafik Hami from Tunisia were resettled in Slovakia at the end of January 2010.

US President Barack Obama signed an order on closing Guantanamo detention in 2009. The majority of prisoners, including Polad Sirajov were freed. But he didn’t want to return to the homeland. He was sent to the third country through intermediary of the international organizations and now he is living in Slovakia. The former prisoners began to study the Slovakian language to receive residence permit in this country. The government has pledged to help them with work and housing.

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