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RSF calls for release of Al-Jazeera cameraman from GTMO - for Ramadan
PARIS -- A press freedom organization called here Friday on the US to free Al-Jazeera cameraman who has been held at the US military base in Guantanamo since 2002. Reporters Without Borders said in a statement that with the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, it is reiterating its appeal to the US authorities to free Al-Jazeera cameraman Sami Al-Haj.

It added that "Ramadan is traditionally the month of self-denial and forgiveness and for the individual to confront his own humanity." "Together with the International Committee for the Release of Sami Al-Haj, we call on the United States to free him immediately. We also urge the US congress to press for his release," the organization stressed.
"Good dhimmis would have done this already! Bad dhimmi! Bad!"
Al-Haj has tried to stage several hunger strikes since January and his physical and psychological condition has deteriorated a great deal, according to Reporters Without Borders.
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Arrested at the Afghan border by the Pakistani security forces in December 2001, Al-Haj, who is a Sudanese national, was handed over to the US army a month later and flown to Guantanamo in June 2002. Nine out of the 380 persons currently held in Guantanamo are Sudanese.

Reporters Without Borders established a system of sponsorship 16 years ago in which international media are encouraged to adopt imprisoned journalists. More than 200 news organizations, journalists' associations, press clubs and other entities throughout the world are currently supporting journalists by regularly calling on the authorities to release them and by publicizing their cases.
Posted by: Seafarious 2007-09-15
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