The US must close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp because it is making a mockery of the rule of law and human rights, according to a former detainee.
Mohamedou Ould Slahi spent 14 years incarcerated without trial after being accused of involvement in planning the September 11 atrocities. His ordeal, during which he was subjected to beatings, waterboarding and abuse, is now told in the movie, The Mauritanian, directed by Kevin Macdonald.
He arrived in Guantanamo Bay in 2002 after a secret rendition through Jordan and Afghanistan, where he was then subjected to torture, including assault, being blasted with heavy metal music and strobe lighting and deprived of sleep for 70 days.
