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Omar Khadr : Canadian in Guantanamo. September 2007 Cover Image E-video E-video

Omar Khadr : Canadian in Guantanamo. September 2007 video / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Summary:

Omar Khadr is a young Canadian who is being held at the U.S. detention camp for suspected terrorists in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Khadr was just 15 years old when he was captured by U.S. forces in 2002, while fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan. He is accused of killing an American soldier with a hand grenade. This News in Review story reviews the case of Omar Khadr and how a Canadian teenager became a child soldier in Afghanistan.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video (16 min 13 sec)
  • Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2007

Content descriptions

General Note:
From the Curio channel: News in Review.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to Curio channel subscribers
Participant or Performer Note:
Journalist: Gillespie, Bill ; Journalist: McKenna, Terence ; Host: Robinson, Carla.
Target Audience Note:
12-14.
System Details Note:
Available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: https://curio.ca/en/catalog/1ee3b78a-6fea-49c3-a031-240568eeaed3
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
CBC/Radio Canada has perpetual access rights to this streaming content.
Language Note:
In English.
Source of Description Note:
Source of description from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Subject: Khadr, Omar 1986-
Khadr, Omar 1986- > Trials, litigation, etc.
Guantǹamo Bay Detention Camp
Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Prisoners and prisons, American
Child soldiers > Canada
Child soldiers > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States
Detention of persons > Cuba > Guantǹamo Bay Naval Base
Law > Study and teaching
Political science
Prisoners of war > Legal status, laws, etc. > Cuba > Guantǹamo Bay Naval Base
Social sciences
World history
Canada > History


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