 Some could not be returned to their home countries, out of fears of retaliation from their fellow citizens, or from the governments of their countries.Some, like Al Laithi, were returned to their home countries after the US secured a promise that they would not be punished by their home countries.Others, like five of the Uyghur detainees in Guantanamo, were released when the US found a third country which would accept them.