WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A federal judge ruled Thursday that the continued detention of two ethnic Uighurs at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is "unlawful," but he decided he had no authority to order their release.
U.S. District Judge James Robertson criticized the detention of A'Del Abdu al-Hakim and Abu Baker Qassim.
The men have been jailed at Guantanamo for four years and have been cleared for release because the government has determined they are not enemy combatants and are not a threat to the United States.
But Robertson said his court has "no relief to offer" because the government has not found a country to accept the men and because he does not have authority to let them enter the United States.
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