Taylor, Katherine - short clip - TheCruelestPart

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-	I think there are massive ups and downs, you know	0:00
	and that's in terms of working	0:02
	with men who are still inside, you know,	0:05
	it's a balance between not raising their hopes	0:07
	because in the end we don't know, you know	0:11
	so we can read the tea leaves or, you know	0:14
	hear the wind blowing and think	0:17
	that there might be something on the horizon,	0:18
	but we're often wrong.	0:22
	So, you know, it's a matter of, you know	0:24
	trying to give them emotional support	0:27
	through letters and our lawyers visits and things like that.	0:29
	But then also not raising and dashing their hopes	0:32
	because that happens naturally anyways, you know	0:35
	there'll be something in the press about a new set	0:38
	of releases, you know, and hopes get really high	0:40
	or they see their comrades being released,	0:44
	but then they're still there, you know	0:47
	and I think it's incredibly damaging.	0:48
	I mean, I can't imagine it.	0:50
	It's quite difficult to put myself in their shoes	0:51
	with watching this over such a long period of time	0:54
	and with no endpoint, just no defined endpoint whatsoever.	0:58
	I mean, that's almost the cruelest part of the whole thing.	1:03

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Title:

Taylor, Katherine - short clip - TheCruelestPart

Date:

July 16, 2015

Interviewer:

Honigsberg, Peter Jan

Interviewee:

Taylor, Katherine

Role:

Human Rights Advocate

Description:

This interview may include descriptions of violence.
Life After Guantanamo Project, Reprieve
Katherine Taylor, female, age 37, is the coordinator of Reprieve's Life after Guantanamo Project, where she facilitates the transfer and resettlement of former Guantanamo detainees to countries across Europe.
Description was provided by Witness to Guantanamo.

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oral histories

Language:

English

Extent:

1:03:23

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Witness to Guantanamo

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Witness to Guantanamo Video Collection, 2009-2017

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