BRIEF: Former Prisoner Gives Guantanamo Title of "History's Worst" Prison

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Sami al-Haj spent 2,340 days in Guantanamo Bay's military prison.  Al-Haj was a former cameraman for international news outlet Al-Jazeera.  Al-Haj was never prosecuted while being detained in Cuba but says the United States charged Al-Haj as being "a courier for a militant Muslim organization."  Al-Haj states he believes his connection to Al-Jazeera was the real reason he was detained and questioned.

Al-Haj was met by a large crowd of supporters last week but was still weak after his 16 month hunger strike.  Al-Haj claims he was put through over 130 interrogation "sessions" and was asked to be a spy for the United States against Al-Jazeera, Al-Haj declined.  The Sudanese cameraman has proclaimed, after his release from the Guantanamo Bay detention center that it "was the worst prison mankind has ever seen."

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Yahoo! News - Freed Sudanese Cameraman Calls Gitmo History's Worst Jail - 5 May 2008