Ghana court rejects resettlement of terror suspects

The Supreme Court of Ghana has ruled that the government’s decision to allow two former Guantanamo Bay detainees to live in the country was unconstitutional. Accra last year signed an agreement with the US to allow Khalid al-Dhuby and Mahmmoud Bin Atef, both citizens of Yemen, to resettle in Ghana. The two were captured by Afghan forces in late 2001 and turned over to the US. The New York Times reports that the Supreme Court justices ruled that Ghana’s government erred in approving the detainees’ transfer, saying that the agreement with the US was an international one that required approval by Parliament. Two Ghanaian citizens had brought the case before the court, accusing the government of illegally allowing the men to enter Ghana.

Full report in The New York Times