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The Confession: Living the War on Terror (15)
Directed by Ashish Ghadiali
4/5
Former British Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg has been held on suspicion of terrorism in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Cuba and Britain yet he has never been brought to trial — nor has he ever been convicted of a single crime, which is important to state.
In Ashish Ghadiali’s thought-provoking debut documentary Begg gives an insightful and personal account of the realities of living the war on terror.
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