Omar Khadr - Guantanamo Bay interrogation footage
By: Sameer Padania
Posted: Jul 15 08
Witnessed: 895 times
Afghanistan, Cuba, United States
Children's rights, Detention, Terrorism
gitmo, guantanamo, interrogation, omar khadr, war on terror
[Please note that this video has poor sound quality, and was not edited by the Hub.]
This video, reportedly shot in February 2003, is the first video footage showing an actual interrogation ever to emerge from Guantanamo Bay. What makes it even more notable is that the person being interrogated is Omar Khadr, who, at the time of the interrogation, was 16 years old, leading some to call for him to be classified as a child soldier. We'll add more context and background soon, but in the meantime, here are a couple of media resources that offer some excellent background to why this case is important:
Listen to Dennis Edney, Omar Khadr's lawyer, explain how and why this footage - and the documents I have linked to below - have been released.
Here's an in-depth piece from the Huffington Post that explains some of the key human rights issues, and the Child Rights perspective in particular.
And here's a piece from the Canadian Press that tries to gauge the impact of the release of the video on public debate in Canada about Omar Khadr.
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