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Sami Hajj is FREE
Fri, 05/02/2008 - 07:36 — moeed
Sami al-Hajj hits out at US captors [Source: Al Jazeera]
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 arrived in Sudan early on Friday, was carried off the US air force jet in a stretcher and immediately taken to hospital. Later, he was reuinted with his wife and son.
His brother, Asim al-Hajj, said he did not recognise the cameraman because he looked like a man in his 80s.
Still, al-Hajj said: "I was lucky because God allowed that I be released."
But his attention soon turned to the 275 inmates he left behind in the US military prison.
Sami Al Haj
Sami Al-Hajj, prisoner 345 at the United States Detainment Centre in Guantanamo Bay Cuba, has been on hunger strike since 7th January, 2007.
Sami was arrested in Pakistan in December 2001 whilst travelling with a legitimate visa to work in Afghanistan as a cameraman for Al Jazeera. But he is being held as an ‘enemy combatant’.
prisoner345.net is dedicated to empowering Sami’s family, friends and colleagues, together with all supporters of human rights around the world, in the campaign to set him free.
Guardian: Johnston writes open letter to Guantanamo detainee
Mon, 03/17/2008 - 12:03 — nooraLeigh Holmwood MediaGuardian,
Thursday October 4 2007
This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Thursday October 04 2007. It was last updated at 17:49 on October 04 2007.
Johnston: Al-Jazeera cameraman Sami Al-Haj has been held in Guantanamo for five years without charge. Photograph: AFP
The BBC's former Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston has written a letter of support for the al-Jazeera cameraman Sami Al-Haj, who has been incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay since June 2002.
prisoner 345- award winning documentray about Al-Hajj
Mon, 03/17/2008 - 08:25 — nooraAbout this Video: This award winning documentary explores the tragedy that befell Sami Al Haj which led to his being an inmate in Guantanamo as prisoner 345 .
United Nation Files a report about Guantanamo Bay prision
"Since January 2002, the five mandate holders have been following the situation of detainees held at the United States Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay. In June 2004, they decided to continue this task as a group because the situation falls under the scope of each of the mandates. The focus of each mandate holder is on the law, allegations and recommendations relevant to his or her mandate as defined by the relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights establishing the respective mechanism.
The scandal of prisoner 345
Sun, 03/16/2008 - 12:50 — nooraJournalist Sami al Haj was one of the first detainees to be held at Guantánamo Bay. Six years later, he is still waiting for a fair trial
A fair trial is not a “brand issue”
Sat, 03/15/2008 - 13:17 — moeedHuman rights are trampled in unlikely places: a shopping centre in Reading is the latest example
These days at Reprieve, we seem to be doing much of our human rights work on the high street. In February, there was the "Fair Trial My Arse" underwear in Agent Provocateur shop windows. This month, more questions were being asked of the Bush administration in Lush cosmetics stores.
Sami al-Hajj 'to be released'
Tue, 01/15/2008 - 10:17 — basheerAsma Ismailov, the wife of Sami al-Hajj, the Al-Jazeera cameraman held in Guantanamo Bay, has said that she has been told he is to be freed.Al-Hajj has been held as an "enemy combatant" by the US forces since 2001.Isma