Canadian Omar Khadr, at left in an undated photo taken before his capture in Afghanistan at age 15, and at right, at age 22. The most up-to-date public photo of the long-held captive was taken last year by the International Committee of the Red Cross inside a prison camp at the U.S. Navy at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he has been held as a war prisoner since age 16. Photo from Miami HeraldShowdown At Guantánamo: Khadr Won't Come To Court -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- Accused Canadian war criminal Omar Khadr refused to come to his hearing Thursday, complaining that guards were ``trying to humiliate'' him by clamping blinders over his eyes.
Khadr, who claims he was tortured while held as a teen in Afghanistan and Guantánamo, missed the second day of his hearing considering whether his confessions to interrogators years ago were voluntary.
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