Return From Guantanamo

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20091020

In 2001 a journalist called Sami al-Hajj was arrested on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. For more than six years he was held in the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention centre until, in 2008, he was suddenly released. In an exclusive interview, he talks to Gavin Esler about what happened to him, and why.

Journalist Sami al-Hajj talks to Gavin Esler about the years he was held in Guantanamo Bay

2009102020091025 (R4)

In 2001 a journalist called Sami al-Hajj was arrested on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. For more than six years he was held in the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention centre until, in 2008, he was suddenly released. In an exclusive interview, he talks to Gavin Esler about what happened to him, and why.

Journalist Sami al-Hajj talks to Gavin Esler about the years he was held in Guantanamo Bay