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    #351 A Uyghur Family Separated By China-Canada Politics
    A man imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for years was released over a decade ago, after the U.S. decided he wasn’t an “enemy combatant” after all.
    Jesse Brown
    Host & Publisher
    Tiffany Lam
    Producer
    Andréa Schmidt
    Managing Editor, Podcasts
    Gabe Knox
    Producer

    A Uyghur man imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for years was released over a decade ago, after the U.S. decided he wasn’t an “enemy combatant” after all. But Ayoob Mohammed can’t reunite with his wife and two kids who live in Canada. According to our immigration authorities, he was a member of an elusive terror organization.

    Our producer Tiffany Lam reports.

    This episode is brought to you by Dispatch Coffee and Audible.

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