Writing a Diary in a Guantanamo Jail Cell

In his 13 years imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay, Mohamedou Slahi has never been charged with a crime by the United States. A federal judge ordered his release in March 2010, but the U.S. government fought that decision, and there is no sign that it plans to let him go. Three years into his captivity, Slahi began a diary, recounting his life before he disappeared into U.S. custody. The result is Guantanamo Diary, the first and only published diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantánamo detainee. Its editor Larry Siems and his attorney Nancy Hollander discuss the journal and the case. 

Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Guantanamo inmate, diary author

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