2 Uzbeks from Guantanamo prison arrive in Ireland; Amnesty asks other EU nations to do more

2 Uzbeks from Guantanamo prison arrive in Ireland

DUBLIN — Two Uzbeks imprisoned since 2002 in the Guantanamo Bay prison have arrived in Ireland, and Amnesty International is appealing to other European Union nations to deliver on pledges to give new homes to U.S. terror detainees.

Justice Minister Dermot Ahern appealed Sunday for the media to give privacy to the Uzbeks. They were arrested by U.S. forces in Afghanistan in 2001.

They were flown overnight from the U.S. facility in Cuba to Ireland.

Amnesty International’s Ireland chapter welcomed the move and called on other members of the 27-nation EU to take about 50 Guantanamo detainees who face risk of persecution, imprisonment or execution if returned home. Several EU members have signaled their intention to take detainees but have yet to receive any.