HAMILTON, Bermuda (CNN) -- Four Chinese nationals of Uyghur ethnicity who had been held at the U.S. military's Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility have been resettled in Bermuda, officials said Thursday. Attorney General Eric Holder says the U.S. is "extremely grateful to the government of Bermuda." "Above all, this was a humanitarian act," Bermudan Premier Ewart Brown told CNN in an interview at his Cabinet office in Hamilton, Bermuda. "We don't see it as quid pro quo." The four were twice cleared for release -- once by the Bush administration and again this year, according to a Justice Department statement.
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NEW: Bermudan premier: "Above all, this was a humanitarian act"
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Uyghurs are native Chinese Muslims; the detainees were apprehended in Pakistan
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China urges U.S. to hand over all 17 Uyghurs held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
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Official says U.S. still negotiating with Palau to take remaining 13 Uyghurs
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