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-	The men always say that they had so much faith	0:00
	and trust in United States government.	0:03
	But, turned out to be that was not what they expected,	0:06
	then they were disappointed.	0:09
	I was too. I was disappointed in the legal system in U.S.	0:11
	And the Constitution we have in this great country,	0:16
	how our forefathers built this country on,	0:23
	based on what values.	0:26
	What happened in Guantanamo was not	0:28
	what I understood of the Constitution.	0:31
	I often think that	0:34
	what if, you know, forefathers,	0:37
	they see, they know what's happening today in Guantanamo,	0:41
	how they feel about this?	0:44
	But,	0:47
	and I always have my faith and trust in the government,	0:49
	that they are going to correct this mistake	0:52
	and do the right thing.	0:54
	Especially when President Obama came to the office,	0:55
	almost like next day,	1:00
	he announced that he was going to shut down Guantanamo	1:02
	within one year.	1:05
	And I was so excited. I had tears in my eyes.	1:07
	Finally. Finally, it's going to be corrected.	1:10
	You know, everybody makes mistakes.	1:14
	But the most important thing is,	1:15
	who's willing to correct that mistake.	1:17
	But now, we are approaching that deadline	1:22
	in a couple of weeks and it's not going to happen.	1:25
	So, those are the kind of things disappoints me.	1:29
	And I guess,	1:32
	my 20 years in United States,	1:35
	I always want to see the great side of the United States.	1:40
	But then last eight years, what I have endured,	1:45
	what I have experienced in Guantanamo,	1:48
	was not the side that I want to see of my country here.	1:51

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Title:

Abbas, Rushan - short clip - constitution

Date:

January 5, 2010

Interviewer:

Honigsberg, Peter Jan

Interviewee:

Abbas, Rushan

Role:

Interpreter

Description:

This interview may include descriptions of violence.
Uyghur Interpreter
Rushan Abbas, female, age 42, was an interpreter for the Uyghur detainees in Guantanamo from 2002-2003. When the men were released, she stayed with them in Bermuda for two weeks to help them readjust.
Description was provided by Witness to Guantanamo.

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Format:

oral histories

Language:

English

Extent:

2:03:42

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Witness to Guantanamo

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Witness to Guantanamo Video Collection, 2009-2017

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