Now on Bbc News, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. It barely merits international headlines these days, but americas guantanamo Bay Prison is still operational. A0 inmates are left. Most have been held for nearly two decades without being charged or tried. For m years, my guest today, mohamedou ould slahi, was held there, having been identified as a high value alqaeda terrorist. He was eventually released without charge, and now a film, the mauritanian, has been released, telling his remarkable story. What is the Guantanamo Legacy . Mohamedou ould slahi In Nouakchott, mauritania, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much, stephen, for having me on your programme, and i salute your audience. Well, it is a pleasure to have you on our programme. Lets begin with how it feels to have a film made about your story and in a sense have your name become recognised Around The World years after you were finally released from Guantanamo Bay, when perhaps your story should have been b
Alqaeda terrorist. He was eventually released without charge, and now a film, the mauritanian, has been released, telling his remarkable story. What is the Guantanamo Legacy . Mohamedou ould slahi In Nouakchott, mauritania, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much, stephen, for having me on your programme, and i salute your audience. Well, it is a pleasure to have you on our programme. Lets begin with how it feels to have a film made about your story and in a sense have your name become recognised Around The World years after you were finally released from Guantanamo Bay, when perhaps your story should have been better known to the world, but almost nobody had heard your name at all. Does it feel weird that your story is now the subject a film . Im still trying to digest but in a positive way because this whole operation, you know, when i was kidnapped, was conducted in total darkness. No one should know anything about this abduction, no one should know anything about torture, no one s
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