Sami al-Hajj, the Al Jazeera cameraman who was held by the US in its controversial Guantanamo prison, has been freed.
Al-Hajj, who had been on hunger striek for months in protest of his treatment in Guantanamo, was flown to Khartoum and taken immediately to hosptial.
Later he was reunited with his family.
The Al Jazeera cameraman describes how he was treated during the seven years he was detained at the US detention center in Cuba.
Martin Mubanga, who was imprisoned alongside Sami al-Hajj, tells Al Jazeera about their time in captivity.
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