Abbas, Rushan - short clip - forefathers

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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
	and they were disappointed.	0:09
	I was too... I was disappointed	0:10
	in, um, legal system in US,	0:13
	and the uh, the constitution we have in this great country.	0:16
	How our forefathers built this country	0:23
	on based on what values, what happened	0:26
	in Guantanamo was not what I understood of the constitution.	0:29
	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 um...	0:47
	I always have my faith and trust in 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	0:55
	to the office, almost like next day	0:58
	he announced that he was going to shut	1:01
	down Guantanamo within one year,	1:04
	and I was so excited!	1:07
	I had tears in my eyes.	1:08
	Finally, finally, it's going to be corrected.	1:10
	You know, everybody makes mistakes, but the most	1:13
	important thing is who's willing to correct that mistake.	1:16
	But now we are approaching that deadline	1:21
	in a couple of weeks,	1:25
	and it's not going to happen.	1:26
	So those are the kind of things disappoints me	1:29
	and I, I guess my 20 years in the United States,	1:32
	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 was not	1:48
	the side that I want to see of my country here.	1:51

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Title:

Abbas, Rushan - short clip - forefathers

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

Digital Collection:

Witness to Guantanamo

Source Collection:

Witness to Guantanamo Video Collection, 2009-2017

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