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“Guantánamo Diary” Author Mohamedou Ould Slahi Released After 14 Years

HeadlineOct 18, 2016

In news from Guantánamo, Mohamedou Ould Slahi has been released back to his home country of Mauritania after being held at Guantánamo since 2002 without charge or trial. Slahi wrote the best-selling memoir “Guantánamo Diary” in which he describes being severely tortured by U.S. guards.

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