Given that the Administration just recently opposed their release into the US, such a decision will have all the more impact in exposing the high level of political fear-mongering associated with terror suspects. A further test of leadership is the fact that the detainees are considered by the Chinese government as insurgents leading a separatist movement in Xinjiang province.

In 2006, Albania accepted five Uighur detainees, but has since baulked at taking others out of fear of diplomatic repercussions from China.

The Government must now decide how important it is to send a message to the international community that the detainees, who have all been cleared of being enemy combatants, should have their basic human rights upheld. Moreover, with a majority of Senate Democrats recently joining Republicans to block funding for the closure of Guantanamo, the Obama Administration is in dire need of an ally that is prepared to put principle before the age-old demons of racial and religious stereotyping.

Reverend Dr Vincent Zankin, Rivett Several Uighurs need a place to call home. Arrested in Afghanistan and Pakistan, sold to Americans for a sizeable bounty by their impoverished captors, these men rotted in Guantanamo Bay for years after American courts ruled to release them within a year of their incarceration.

Australia contributes to the war effort; we must also contribute to the resettlement effort.

Let's share some of our boundless plains, combine our courage, and welcome these innocent men to our land abounding in nature's gifts.

While PM Kevin Rudd checks immigration and security issues, and the polling numbers; while Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull flat-out refuses with emphatic bravado, Senator Bob Brown once again advocates the moral, responsible position.