Omar Khadr
Omar Khadr, a Canadian, was 15 when he was accused in 2002 of killing a United States soldier in Afghanistan during a battle. He was subsequently imprisoned and interrogated in Afghanistan and at the Guantánamo Bay detention center in Cuba, where he is still held.
Video footage of his interrogation from February 2003 was released by his lawyers on July 14, 2008. It shows Mr. Khadr pleading with a Canadian intelligence agent for help and, at one point, shows him displaying chest and back wounds that had still not healed months after his capture in Afghanistan.
Omar Khadr Navigator
A list of resources from around the Web about Omar Khadr as selected by researchers and editors of The New York Times.
- Military Commission for Omar Khadr
- U.S. Department of Defense
- Special Focus: Guantanamo, Omar Ahmed Khadr
- Human Rights Watch
- The Omar Khadr Case: A Teenager Imprisoned at Guantanamo
- Human Rights Watch
- “Inside the Khadr Family”
- Frontline, PBS.org
OTHER COVERAGE
- “US Court Weighs Guantanamo Case”
- BBC.com, Aug. 24, 2007
- Timeline: In Depth Khadr
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News, updated July 15, 2008
VIDEO
BOOKS
- Guantanamo’s Child
- By Michelle Shephard (2008)
The commission has already ruled that confessions made by Khadr which were clearly... statements Khadr made to interrogators because of torture and other abuse. .....Ross Douthat uses his New York Times column today to put what he ...
www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/index.html
'Torture' Confessions Allowed
By Al Jazeera
The confessions of Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen charged with terrorism, can be used as evidence in his trial, even though they may have been obtained through torture, a US military judge has ruled.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26122.htm
Gitmo Trial Puts White House In Tight Spot
By Michael Isikoff National investigative correspondent
Top U.N. official calls defendant a 'child soldier,' says proceedings violate international legal norms.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26124.htm
Khadr's torture confessions admissible, military judge rules:
Decision to admit statements despite threats of torture dramatically strengthens prosecution's case against Canadian held at Guantanamo Bay
http://bit.ly/aohmJq
Video: 'Child soldier' Gitmo trial draws criticismhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38634007/ns/us_news-security/#slice-2
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