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Sami Al-Haj arrives to Khartoum |
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
The Sudanese camera man of Al-Jazeera TV, Sami Al-Haj, arrived in Khartoum today after the American Authorities released him from the Guantanamo Bay prison on Thursday.
Upon his arrival, Sami Al-Haj, was immediately admitted to Al-Amal Hospital in Khartoum for medical treatment as directed by the Sudanese government. In his first comment, Sami Al-haj expressed happiness for being home again.
He said that the detainees in Guantanamo are not allowed to do their prayers and suffer other extreme religious violations adding that the American soldiers defile the Quran.
He said “some detainees there do not wear clothes”. However, the American Charge De Affairs in Sudan, Alberto Fernandez, said that the release of Sami Al-Haj is a result of cooperation between the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum and the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Intelligence and Security Service.
Mr. Fernandez expressed “sincere appreciation for the support and leadership of Foreign Minister Deng Alor and the Sudanese Director of National Intelligence and Security Services, Salah Abdullah Ghosh, in successfully concluding this matter of great mutual concern,” as he put it. The public diplomacy officer in the US Embassy, Walter Braunholer, said that it remains to be seen if the relations between the two countries are going to be normalized.
Speaking to Miraya FM, he said that both the Governments of Sudan and the US are always in dialogue.
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