PEN-Y-FAN TREK

A British-born Muslim, Moazzam Begg is a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner and outreach director for CAGE.

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After his release, he became one of the most prominent public-speakers and Muslim advocates for justice and dialogue. 

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He is the author of the best-seller Enemy Combatant in which he recounts his experience as an innocent man detained and torture at Guantanamo, Bagram and Kandahar.

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The Muslim 500 listed him as one of the 500 “most influential Muslims” in the world.

The New Statesman listed him in the top 50 “Heroes of our time”.

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He has travelled extensively to investigate state abuses and western complicity in torture including to Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Syria.

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A direct eye-witness to the conflicts in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Syria, his life has been recorded by the Columbia University Oral History project, and the BBC Storyville documentary, The Confession.