By Agence India Press,
Dubai : An Al-Jazeera reporter who spent six years in illegal US custody is to bring legal action against the former American administration.
On Friday, The Guardian quoted the former detainee Sami al-Haj as saying that he was to sue former US president George W. Bush and other former US officials.
The action is expected to be taken through a Geneva center al-Haj is co-founding as a platform for the victims who had endured similar ordeals at the US Cuba-based detention facility, Guantanamo.
Suspecting him of being a ‘potential terrorist’, American operatives detained the Sudanese in 2001 in Pakistan. The capture took place as al-Haj was on his way to Afghanistan where he was to contribute to reports for the Qatar-based TV channel.
He was subsequently labeled an ‘enemy combatant’-a term which signified a person in armed conflict against the United States.
“I need them to go to court … We do not want [what happened to us] to be repeated again,” the daily quoted him as saying.
“Torture is continuing in Guantanamo,” al-Haj said. “Obama needs to close Guantanamo immediately.”
The journalist is currently working at Al-Jazeera’s Doha center.