Guantanamo inmate to head rights news From correspondents in Dubai AL Jazeera television has appointed a cameraman held for six years without charge at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay as producer at its new freedoms and human rights programs department. "I will do my utmost to reveal to the world the violations committed against humans," Sudanese-born Sami al-Haj, who was handed to Sudanese authorities in May, said in an Al Jazeera statement announcing the appointment. "I hope Jazeera, through creating this department would be able to help those who suffer quietly due to such violations." Haj who suffered health problems after a long hunger strike returned to the Sudanese capital Khartoum on May 1 aboard a US military plane. A senior US defence official in Washington said at the time that Haj was transferred to the custody of...
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