| Harmeet Singh Sooden |
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Sooden was born and raised in Zambia . He is a member of the Sikh religion by faith. His mother Manjeet Kaur Sooden and father Dalip Singh Sooden are from Kashmir , where his grandparents still live. 'Harmeet the Peacemaker' , letter by Donna Mulhearn He has one sister, Preety Brewer, married to a New Zealand man. Sooden studied , 2005 He is presently enrolled as a Master's Student in English Literature at University Of Auckland . He is a member of the University of Auckland chapter of the Students For Justice In Palestine , a group that campaigns for the Palestinian cause and has been involved in at least one demonstration for the group. In an interview with the New Zealand press, Sooden said that during the four months of detention he was "treated the best. Other than lack of food at the beginning, I think we were treated with dignity. There was very little violence. I was slapped once at the beginning. Other than that, there was no violence." Sooden also said that he saw his captors as "victims" who had suffered at the hands of the American-led invasion of Iraq and that the invasion and occupation of Iraq were "illegal" and the New Zealand government was complicit in that. {Link without Title} SEE ALSO REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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