Sami al-Hajj, an Al Jazeera camerman held for more than six years without charge in Guantanamo Bay prison, has been released.
The Sudanese national was flown to Khartoum, where he was met by family and friends, and underwent a medical examination.
UPDATE: Upon release, he said “rats are treated with more humanity” in the US military prison, and that his fellow inmates’ “human dignity was violated”.
Coverage from the New York Times, CNN and the BBC.
More on the story:
Video: Ex-Guantanamo prisoner welcomes al-Hajj release
Profile: Sami al-Hajj
Background: US secret prisons ‘bigger issue’
Al Jazeera report in Arabic
Prisoner 345
