On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal filed by five Uighur detainees held at Guantanamo. A D.C. District Court granted the Uighur detainees their freedom inside the U.S. A D.C. Circuit Court ruling overturned the District Court’s decision. And so the Uighurs attempted to appeal the Circuit Court’s decision. That is, they continued to seek their freedom inside the U.S.

Twenty-two Uighurs have been held at Guantanamo since it opened in early 2002. Seventeen of them have accepted relocation elsewhere – including in far off places such as the island nation of Palau. The remaining five were offered a resettlement deal, but declined it, opting to stay at Guantanamo for the time being.