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after all CNN has witnessed; you were part of a team that consisted of Al-Jazeera and CNN - but I would like to know what kind of redress process is now underway or is there nothing? And if there’s nothing, why is there nothing? Sami El-Haj (in Arabic) and Translation for Sami El-Haj As for what you mentioned, about me spending 6½ years, although they confess that I was imprisoned by mistake, I believe the American administration does not want people to go out of Guantanamo Bay and talk to the world about what they suffered in that prison. But when the pressure on the American administration increased from Al-Jazeera, from other human rights groups, they decided to release me. Hans-Christof von Sponeck Could you repeat? I did not understand that. Sami El-Haj (in Arabic) and Translation for Sami El-Haj When the pressure increased on American administration from Al-Jazeera channel and other human rights organizations only then American administration decided to release me from prison. Mohd. Akram Shair Mohamed Have you been compensated? The question was have you been given anything for you 6 years imprisonment. Have you been compensated some monetary form or some other form? Sami El-Haj (in English) The American doesn’t charge me and doesn’t say for me we are wrong and they doesn’t say for me anything. But I respect my channel Al-Jazeera and the other people who like other people who work in media and other people who work in human right, and also I respect the lawyer who defends my case and also I respect many American people who are against our detainees. Michel Chossudovsky Mr. Sami El-Haj, we are aware of the tremendous courage that you have exhibited in your presentation. I wanted to focus on something again which I think is crucial and quite
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