Surviving Guantanamo

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After 9/11 the USA began a programme of 'extraordinary rendition', moving prisoners between countries without legal representation. Mohamedou Ould Slahi from Mauritania was one of those detained at the US military facility in Cuba, Guantanamo Bay. He tells Rebecca Kesby how he was tortured by American military personnel, and held for 15 years without charge. He's written a best-selling book about his experiences, 'Guantanamo diary', which has recently been made into a film. (PHOTO: Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who wrote a book about his experiences in the military prison, poses on October 18, 2016 in Nouakchott, after he was reunited with his family in his native Mauritania. (Photo credit STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)