SANAA: Yemen is setting up a center where more than 100 Yemenis are to undergo rehabilitation after their expected release from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, state media reported yesterday.

The center is being built in Sanaa with US government assistance, according to the weekly newspaper 26 September, a Defense Ministry mouthpiece.

The move triggered outrage among rights activists who said the government’s plan to keep the returnees in a rehabilitation center in their home country only means re-jailing them.

In the new facility, the inmates would undergo a series of “edification programs based on moderation to shun extremism and terrorism,” said the paper, which is close to the president’s office.

Yemeni authorities are to receive the Yemeni Guantanamo detainees shortly after the center is built, it added.

UPDATE: Holy shiite. Even the NY Times noticed. (hat tip rut)