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May 2021
23m 26s

Mohamedou Ould Slahi: What is the Guanta...

Bbc World Service
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Stephen Sackur interviews Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian citizen who was once identified as a high value al-Qaeda terrorist, serving 14 years in America’s Guantanamo Bay prison. He was eventually released without charge, and now a film, The Mauritanian, has been released telling this remarkable story. What is the Guantanamo Bay legacy?

(Photo: Mohamedou Ould Slahi appears via videolink on Hardtalk)

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