Mohamedou Ould Slahi was released from Guantánamo Bay detention camp in October 2016, approximately 14 years after he was first detained — but never officially charged — due to suspected involvement in facilitating the Sept. 11 attacks.
During his imprisonment at the Cuban naval base, Slahi was reportedly “beaten, sexually throttled, put in extreme isolation, shackled to the floor, stripped naked and put under strobe lights while being blasted with heavy metal music,” a Justice Department investigation found. Read More…