Taylor, Katherine - short clip - Post-GuantanamoStruggles-final

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-	If you're going back to your home country,	0:00
	you probably have some sort of family support.	0:03
	You definitely speak the language.	0:07
	(laughs)	0:09
	You understand the system.	0:10
	You know where the post office is.	0:13
	You know how housing works.	0:17
	You have some understanding of the statutory system	0:21
	of the governments, you know, you're going back home.	0:24
	But there certainly are places where it's possible,	0:28
	you would face arbitrary arrest and things like that.	0:32
	Which of course, is damaging in any situation,	0:36
	but in a situation where you've been held	0:40
	in a legal black hole for a decade,	0:42
	is immensely re-traumatizing, of course.	0:48
	I mean, it's a no brainer.	0:51
	It's a terrible thing to have happen.	0:53
	So in terms of resettlement, it's sort of the reverse.	0:56
	You might be resettled to a place that you have more	0:59
	legal rights, possibly, it's not a given.	1:04
	Where you have more legal rights,	1:07
	but then you're facing these day-to-day struggles	1:09
	in terms of, I mean just not speaking the language	1:11
	is a massive thing and not understanding how anything works	1:14
	and you know, it replicates, or it can replicate a lot	1:18
	of the arbitrary treatment that men experienced	1:23
	in Guantanamo.	1:26
	You often see this, you know, they often draw parallels	1:28
	between their experience in Guantanamo and the new place	1:32
	because in a sense, they are seeing this replication	1:35
	of when you don't understand the system	1:38
	or what your system's not explained	1:40
	to you clearly and properly everything seems arbitrary.	1:41
	And everything seems like it's being decided	1:47
	by some higher authority.	1:50

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Title:

Taylor, Katherine - short clip - Post-GuantanamoStruggles-final

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 Video Collection, 2009-2017

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