By NNN-SABA,
Sana’a : Yemeni detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp have been allowed for the first time since their detention in the wake of the Sept 11, 2001 attacks against the US to call their families, the state-run 26sep.net has said.
The move comes as preparations for handing over 85 Yemeni prisoners to the government began.
However, the United States says Yemen has not provided enough guarantees that will ensure the freed detainees will not return to committing terrorist acts.
The Yemeni government renewed a request to the US authorities to release the Yemeni detainees held at the Guantanamo, saying it had prepared a rehabilitation programme for them that will help them to be reintegrated into the society.
Yemen affirmed it will try any one of the detainees who may be convicted of committing terrorist acts and according to Yemeni laws.
Yemen has received some of its Guantanamo detainees and rehabilitated all of them.
After the Sept 11 attacks against the US, the US authorities arrested many people in the name of the war against terrorism. Among the detained were many Yemenis.