Joel Simon meets Sami al-Haj

Joel Simon,the executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists reports on Norway's Global Forum on Freedom of Expression and his meeting with Sami al-Haj, the Al-Jazeera correspondent who was held for six years at Guantanamo Bay.

I spoke to al-Haj after his presentation and told him that it was a privilege to finally meet him. I said that I admired the fact that he seemed to hold no rancor after losing so many years of his life. He thanked CPJ for the letters we wrote on his behalf, which he said his lawyer delivered to him in prison.