All my time here, I’ve been told, ‘You are guilty. You are guilty.’ Not for something that I have done, or that has been proved, but because of suspicions and associations. If you have a problem with the United States of America, you will have that problem forever.”
Tahar Rahim, who plays Mohamedou Ould Slahi, makes a statement at the first opportunity presented to be in the courtroom after 8 years of incarceration. His statement shows the flipside to the idea of a free and democratic United States, a picture generally presented to the world.
Kevin MacDonald’s movie, The Mauritanian, is based on the true story of a man who was incarcerated and tortured at the American naval base, Guantanamo Bay, without a fair trial. It reveals the horrors faced by Mahamedou Ould Slahi and his many other inmates at the isolated prison facility where he was held without charge for 14 years.
9/11 changed the American policing and defense system forever. They used aggressive, unforgivable methods of torture on people who were taken captive – and incarcerated without any charge or evidence. The Americans suspected Slahi of recruiting one of the hijackers and of being involved in planning 9/11. They also suspected him of being involved with Osama Bin Laden – but they did not have any evidence.
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