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Nelson Mandela visited Abdelbaset al-Megrahi in Barlinnie prison on 10 June 2002. Here is Abdelbaset’s account of the visit and below it a photo of the two men together and one of the inscription that Mr Mandela wrote in an Arabic version of his book Long Road to Freedom<\/em>, which he gave to Abdelbaset:<\/p>\n

Three months after my transfer to Barlinnie, Nelson Mandela kept his promise to visit me. That the world\u2019s most respected statesman should again take the trouble to demonstrate his solidarity gave me a great lift. We chatted for sometime, mainly about the unjust guilty verdict. Having spent 27 years imprisoned on Robben Island, the agonies of prison life were etched into his soul. He asked me about my living conditions, the standard of my food and my bed, clearly aware of the huge importance of those things to a prisoner\u2019s wellbeing. Before he left I introduced him again to my family, who thanked him and presented him with a bouquet of flowers. I was allowed to take photographs of him in the reception area and he signed my Arabic version of his book Long Walk to Freedom, which describes his prison years. In it he wrote: \u2018To Comrade Megrahi, Best wishes to one who is in our thoughts and prayers continuously. Mandela.\u2019<\/em>
\nFollowing the meeting he held a press conference, in which he declared: \u2018Megrahi is all alone. He has nobody he can talk to. It is a psychological persecution that a man must stay for the length of his long sentence all alone.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Mandela<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Mandela<\/a><\/p>\n

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