‏السجين 345

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‏السجين 345, is a 2008 Qatari series. running for 1 season.

Overview

Al-Sajeen 345 is a dramatic docudrama recounting the harrowing real-life ordeal of Sami Al-Haj, an Al Jazeera cameraman who was detained at the Afghan-Pakistani border in 2001 while on a journalistic assignment. Transferred to the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, he became Prisoner Number 345 and endured years of confinement in one of the world's most notorious detention facilities. The work bears witness to his long and grueling captivity, placing a human face on questions of press freedom, arbitrary detention, and the violation of fundamental rights.

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