The Canadian chapter missing from new film The Mauritanian

Golden Globe-winning film The Mauritanian tells the story of Mohamedou Ould Salahi’s 14-year detention at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp without ever being charged. But the film doesn’t detail Salahi’s allegations that Canada helped put him there.

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