Sami al-Hajj hits out at US captors
2/5/08
Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj has hit out at the US treatment of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay military prison where he was held for nearly six and a half years. Saying that “rats are treated with more humanity”, al-Hajj said inmates’ “human dignity was violated”. Al-Hajj, who arrived in Sudan early on Friday, was carried off the US air force jet on a stretcher and immediately taken to hospital. Later, he had an emotional reunion with his wife and son His brother, Asim al-Hajj, said he did not recognise the caeraman because he looked like a man in his 80s.
See: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/04F88FBD-BFA5-42D9-A9C4-D8E0979C79D6.htm
Injustice continues in Guantanamo
Editorial; 3/5/08
The unjust imprisonment of an Al Jazeera cameraman detained by American forces in Afghanistan and held in Guantanamo for six years without charge has ended. But the injustice of Guantanamo continues. On December 15, 2001, Sami Al Haj was arrested on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan while carrying out his work, which was to cover the war against the Taliban. His credentials were watertight and his paperwork was in order. Despite the fact that he had a valid visa to work in Afghanistan, US intelligence alleged that he was an Al Qaida operative, and he was transferred to Guantanamo in June 2002.
See: http://www.gulfnews.com/opinion/editorial_opinion/region/10210244.html
Tags: Guantanamo Bay, Human Rights, Sudan, Terrorism, USA