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The documentary features the story of Omar Khadr, in which he was captured in 2002 by Americans in Afghanistan and was charged with war crimes. The film takes an in-depth look at how Khadr at 15 years old became the center of one of the first American war crimes trial since the 1940s through Khadr's own perspective.
Nov 8, 2016 · Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr: Directed by Patrick Reed, Michelle Shephard. With Omar Khadr, Dennis Edney, Patricia Edney, Stephen Harper. Omar Khadr: child soldier or unrepentant terrorist? After spending nearly half his life behind bars, including a decade at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Centre, Khadr is suddenly released.
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- Documentary
- Patrick Reed, Michelle Shephard
- 2016-11-08
May 4, 2021 · In July of 2002, Toronto-born 15-year-old Omar Khadr was wounded and captured by US forces in Afghanistan and sent to the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Considered by some to be a child...
Jul 7, 2017 · For more than a decade, Omar Khadr, one of Guantanamo’s youngest detainees, has existed only as a caricature drawn and defined by others: victim, killer, child, detainee, political pawn ...
Guantanamo's Child: Omar Khadr. After he is freed from the Guantanamo Bay detention center, Omar Khadr tells his story.
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- Biography
- Patrick Reed, Michelle Shephard
Omar Ahmed Said Khadr (Arabic: عمر أحمد سعيد خضر; born September 19, 1986) is a Canadian who, at the age of 15, was detained by the United States at Guantanamo Bay for ten years, during which he pleaded guilty to the murder of U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class Christopher Speer and other charges.
Omar Khadr, the Canadian citizen who was captured by American forces in Afghanistan in 2002 and spent a decade imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, tells his own st...
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