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	(speaking foreign language)	0:00
Interpreter	The only mistreatment	0:05
	they have ever received in Guantanamo,	0:06
	was during the Chinese delegation visit in the fall of 2002.	0:08
	How he trusted United States.	0:14
	He thought, and like all the Uyghurs, they always feel	0:20
	that United States is one and the only country in the world,	0:25
	that defends democracy and human rights.	0:30
	A country that helps weak people.	0:35
	And the most just country in the world,	0:38
	that then treats everybody equally and do the right thing,	0:44
	and all the American values and all that.	0:48
	He is aware of all that.	0:50
	Therefore, they trusted United States government.	0:54
	Therefore, they turn all the detailed information	0:58
	about their families, their names,	1:01
	and addresses and all that.	1:02
	For when the Chinese delegation came, for U.S. government	1:04
	to turn all that confidential information	1:10
	to Chinese government.	1:13
	Knowing how the Chinese government	1:15
	may retaliate against the families	1:18
	and putting their families in that jeopardy.	1:20
	That was the worst experience ever for him.	1:25
	Especially, that kind of high hope he had	1:27
	toward U.S. government and Americans.	1:32
	And that was just turned to zero in overnight.	1:36
	It's like, he thought that was just the beautiful words,	1:40
	and the dreams, and the ideas that the U.S. advertised.	1:44
	And this is not the U.S. and that maybe,	1:50
	the Americans are the same.	1:53
	They don't protect the weak people.	1:55
	They are no different than the Chinese government, maybe.	1:58
	(speaking foreign language)	2:01

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Title:

Qasem, Abubakir - short clip - ChineseDelegation

Date:

August 4, 2009

Interviewer:

Honigsberg, Peter Jan

Interviewee:

Qasem, Abubakir

Role:

Detainee

Description:

This interview may include descriptions of violence.
Detainee Number US9CH-000283DP
Abubakir Qasem, male, age 40, a Uyghur from the Xinjiang autonomous region, was detained in Guantanamo from June 8, 2002 until May 5, 2006, when he was released to Albania.
Description was provided by Witness to Guantanamo.

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Format:

oral histories

Language:

Uighur; Uyghur

Extent:

2:15:45

Digital Collection:

Witness to Guantanamo

Source Collection:

Witness to Guantanamo Video Collection, 2009-2017

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