Three Jordanians return from Guantanamo Bay prison

AMMAN (Reuters) - Three Jordanians returned home this week after being released from the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, their lawyer said on Tuesday.

Zachary Katznelson told Reuters that Osama Abu Kabir, Ahmed Hassan Suleiman and Ibrhaim Mahdi Zaidan were sent home from the camp on Sunday.

"The United States sent the three Jordanians from Guantanamo back to Jordan," said Katznelson, a senior counsel with the British-based rights group Reprieve.

The whereabouts of the three, who had been kept in solitary confinement, was unknown but it was likely they were being held by Jordan's intelligence services, the lawyer said.

Jordanian rights groups and politicians have criticized the U.S. authorities for their treatment of the inmates following allegations of torture and violation of religious rights during their detention.

Many of the men held at the Guantanamo prison were captured in Afghanistan in the U.S.-led war to oust the Taliban in 2001 after the September 11 attacks. Many have been held for years and most are being held without trial.