Guantanamo Exreclusos protesting in Uruguay

Since the Friday camped out in front of the immense American diplomatic delegation and not think move to not be received by the Ambassador. Five of the six Guantanamo detainees transferred in December 2014 to Montevideo have decided to rebel to demand better conditions of life and a compensation for 13 years of detention without trial and without charges. For its part, the Uruguayan Government asserts that "men are free" and that therefore can be there for the time they want.

At noon on the Monday of three refugees guard at the Embassy, surrounded by journalists and receiving from time to time the show of solidarity from any citizen. Look relaxed, smiling speak with the press. Ali al Shabann, Syrian of 32 years, shows a multi-page document proposed by a body of UNHCR, apparently the detonator of the protest. The UN Refugee them requires the signing of an agreement that gives them a shelter during a year and an allocation of 15,000 pesos a month (about $ 550). To change should learn the Spanish language and to continue with their respective medical treatments. But they were waiting at least three years of support, a more important economic aid and concrete progress in moving to Uruguay from their families. His anger is not directed to the local authorities or to the UN, but the Government of the United States.

At the Embassy, refugees start their prayers and are immediately surrounded by journalists, cameramen and journalists. Ali al Shabaan dismissed, Syrian of 32 years, seeks to explain in english its complex situation: his family fled from the war and is in a refugee camp in Jordan where there is no Internet; on the other hand, the fixed telephone communication you get a money they can't pay. Wants to bring their sisters to Uruguay but would not keep them, you would also like to meet with them in Jordan but does not have a passport. Why not have a passport, Ali does not know and question. In Uruguay is a free man', the Syrian smiles and calla.

Two refugees leave the lawn where they are sitting and they begin to walk on the sidewalk. Go Fast, regular, circulating by short lengths of round trip, as if they were in the courtyard of a prison. But they are in the Rambla in Montevideo waiting for you to open the door to the Embassy.