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Sami Mohy El Din Muhammed Al Hajj''' is a [[Sudan]]ese journalist who was held in [[extrajudicial detention]] in the [[United States]] [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]s, in [[Cuba]].<ref name=DoDList2> | '''Sami Mohy El Din Muhammed Al Hajj''' is a [[Sudan]]ese journalist who was held in [[extrajudicial detention]] in the [[United States]] [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]s, in [[Cuba]].<ref name=DoDList2> | ||
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Revision as of 18:02, 3 May 2008
Sami Mohy El Din Muhammed Al Hajj is a Sudanese journalist who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.[1] His Guantanamo Internee Security Number is 345.
British human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith represents Al Hajj, and was able to visit him in 2005.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many
According to Smith Al Hajj reported:
- He has been beaten. Smith said he had a huge scar on his face.
- Al Hajj witnessed guards flushing a Koran down a toilet.
- Al Hajj witnessed guards defacing a Koran with swear words.
Smith offered the opinionCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many:
- "He is completely innocent. He is about as much of a terrorist as my granddad. The only reason he has been treated like he has is because he is an Aljazeera journalist. The Americans have tried to make him an informant with the goal of getting him to say that Aljazeera is linked to al-Qaida."