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Return from Guantanamo

Journalist Sami al-Hajj, who was arrested in 2001 and detained in the Guantanamo Bay detention centre until 2008, talks to Gavin Esler about what happened to him, and why.

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.

40 minutes

Last on

Sun 25 Oct 2009 17:00

Broadcasts

  • Tue 20 Oct 2009 20:00
  • Sun 25 Oct 2009 17:00