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Britain has refused to repatriate UK residents held at Guantanamo Bay because the US terms of release were too stiff, the lord chancellor says.Britain has refused to repatriate UK residents held at Guantanamo Bay because the US terms of release were too stiff, the lord chancellor says.
Lord Falconer confirmed that there was "continuing dialogue" with the US over the Cuba detainees.Lord Falconer confirmed that there was "continuing dialogue" with the US over the Cuba detainees.
But he added: "We could not take people back into the UK on terms that we could not legally deliver."But he added: "We could not take people back into the UK on terms that we could not legally deliver."
At least nine UK residents are thought to remain among the detainees and nine Britons have already been released.At least nine UK residents are thought to remain among the detainees and nine Britons have already been released.
All the freed Britons were questioned by UK police on their return, but none was charged with any offence. Earlier, the Guardian newspaper claimed to have seen leaked documents revealing how the Americans had demanded that any freed detainees would be stopped from leaving the UK.
'Recruiting sergeants' Every time we fail to stand by our values we run the risk of acting as recruiting sergeants for terrorism Lord Falconer href="/1/hi/uk_politics/5401922.stm" class="">US 'offered UK detainees'
The lord chancellor, who has previously described Guantanamo Bay as a "shocking affront to the principles of democracy", used a speech to an American university to renew his attack. US officials, the newspaper said, also wanted to be sure that the British would know immediately if the freed men met known extremists, or planned, supported or promoted extremism or violence.
The lord chancellor has previously described Guantanamo Bay as a "shocking affront to the principles of democracy".
He used a speech to an American university on Tuesday to renew his attack.
He told the Georgetown University Law Centre that terrorists needed to be starved of "perceived legitimacy".He told the Georgetown University Law Centre that terrorists needed to be starved of "perceived legitimacy".
"Every time we fail to stand by our values we run the risk of acting as recruiting sergeants for terrorism," he said."Every time we fail to stand by our values we run the risk of acting as recruiting sergeants for terrorism," he said.
Earlier, the Guardian newspaper reported that leaked documents showed the Americans had offered to free the remaining UK residents. Nine British citizens have been released from the Cuba camp in the past two years.
But the paper claimed British officials turned them down because the men did not pose a big enough threat to justify the strict security conditions demanded by the US. All were questioned by UK police on their return, but none was charged with any offence.