Playing In His Own Words

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In His Own Words

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Contributed by David Widgington

Length: 10 min 35 sec

License: Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike (by-nc-sa)

Year of Production: 2009

Director:

David Widgington

On June 27, 2009, Abousfian Abdelrazik returned to Canada after six years of forced exile in Sudan. In September of the same year, Abdelrazik told the story of his last ten years of marginlaization, harassment and detention at the hands of Canadian, American and Sudanese intelligence agencies.

This is his story.