Meet Mansoor Adayfi: I Was Kidnapped as a Teen, Sold to the CIA & Jailed at Guantánamo for 14 Years
We speak with Mansoor Adayfi, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee who was held at the military prison for 14 years without charge, an ordeal he details in his new memoir, "Don't Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guantánamo." Adayfi was 18 when he left his home in Yemen to do research in Afghanistan, where he was kidnapped by Afghan warlords, then sold to the CIA after the 9/11 attacks. Adayfi describes being brutally tortured in Afghanistan before he was transported to Guantánamo in 2002, where he became known as Detainee #441 and survived years of abuse. Adayfi was released against his will to Serbia in 2016 and now works as the Guantánamo Project coordinator at CAGE, an organization that advocates on behalf of victims of the war on terror. "The purpose of Guantánamo wasn't about making Americans safe," says Adayfi, who describes the facility as a "black hole" with no legal protections. "The system was designed to strip us of who we are. Even our names were taken."
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Imagine going through hell for 14 years and retaining this sparkling personality and sense of humor. I wish all the best to this man.
Likely a front, such a thing will be damaging innermost
Agreed.
Mansoor Adayfi, I have no words, time is the only thing no one can regain or take back. The silence around Guantanamo, torture, jail without trial, is a violent agression.
is a violent aggression against the american poeple,, and they seem to love it.
I agree it's complete aggression
MI
Despite all the barbaric hell Mansoor was subjected to, he stands educated, positive, uplifting, articulate, wise, and energetic. That's truly amazing!
See? He should thank us. It made him a better person. /s
@@LongDefiant wow are you an idiot it exposed us as the most evil monsters on the planet you moron
This man will be an asset to our country. Period.
@@LongDefiant No we should thank him for coming forward to reaffirm with yet more evidence of what we already know about you and many people in the US and its systemic depraved sadistic cruelty to other people no matter who, anyone who doesn't think or look like you and then you'll go and praise that so called health and wealth prosperity gospel and think you are the chosen. Remember the US was late for the 2 world wars and since then has lost every single war it has started, every single one.
@@IBelieve.............. and certainly on the wrong side and the second world war
Why aren’t there more views here. This makes me so angry, sad, depressed. Shame on the human race. Shame on the United States. The general and others responsible for this $hit should be held accountable.. yet they never will. His faith helped him survive this nightmare. Wow. I can feel his beautiful heart when he speaks. This man is an amazing example for the rest of us. He experienced so much hate and yet he has so much love and humor.
(its a re-post? today even, give it some time.)
Agree maybe American guilt .
because he doesn't look 'waht', or something? some rather cling to their stereotypes?
beautifully put
Now a year later and only 21K views. I think it's kind of like people think if they don't see it then it doesn't exist. This is the first time I have heard his story at all. That is only because he is the one that says that Ron Desantis oversaw some of his torture and was a cruel person. If you haven't read his account of when Ron Desantis arrived at Gitmo then you should. I'll post the link in another comment just in case youtube doesn't allow it. If they do just search Mansoor Adayf interview in Harper Magazine.
Wars should be criminalized on a global level. Poor innocent people tortured so horribly in these terrible prisons, still he didnt lose his humanity.
Unjust aggressive war is is a criminal offense punishable by death. Nazi war criminals convicted at the criminal court in Nuremberg were hung for it. Because the United States runs the world right now justice has not been served vis-a-vi the perpetrators of the 'wars' in Afghanistan and Iraq. Because the United States is currently the global hedgemon, Bush 2, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld and the other war criminals were not (YET) brought before a criminal court for their crimes against humanity. Had the US not held the position they do in the world, these men plus others would 1000% certainty been tried for waging 2 illegal aggressive wars (the highest form of crime) and, if found guilty (potentially) sentenced to death for their crimes against humanity.
the 'west' thrives on it, since colonialism..
It broke my heard when he said he is not sure if he survived it and smiled. Mansoor Adayfi, you are a great human being. I hope the rest of your life will repay you for what you have endured. Thank you for having the strength to retain your humanity through all of this. You showed everyone that it can be done!
Mr Adayfi has a bright inner light.
Those sticky notes on the wall behind Monsoor are the notes he made to write his book. Other people write like this.
I'm clad his sense of humor survived Guantanamo.
yeah,, now about wtc7?
Schools should feature this interview in class. Everyone, young and old, deserve to see this.
Incredible story of human survival. As Chomsky says often you can't send a regular army to fight a colonial war it will break most decent human beings. I'll be buying this man's book...but not on Amazon !
Mansoor, so sorry you were tortured and imprisoned for nothing. I see by your constant smiling that you learned to cope this way. You did not become violent like your captors. The Bible calls government with all its power and corruption a "wild beast". (Daniel chapter 7) You have been hurt by the wild beast. You did not deserve this! Thank you for writing g your book. My best to you! And thank you Amy for reporting on these very important stories!
He is a very strong person. Thank you Amy for interviewing him and bringing this to light. There cannot be any excuses for our government, including the military, to justify this.
Hell of an experience, and he doesn’t seem to have hatred for the ones who tortured him or anyone else. I’m going to read his book. What an amazing man!
Just wow! This gent is so beautiful inside and out, what an energie of mind and spirit. You are blessed and blessing the world with your presence Mansoor. Thank you for sharing your story, thank you Amy for bringing focus to it! ❤︎
I am ashamed of my country for this. I am so sorry
me too, since no one attacked the uSS Maddox,, ashamed everyday
I MUST read this beautiful man's memoir. Let the truth speak out.
we can't , it would be anti semitic.
Two things that kept Mansoor going were his religious faith and the feeling of connectedness with fellow prisoners and the guards. That struck a chord in me deeply. In the end of the day when all is said and done, there is humanity - sometimes hidden - in all of us that challenges our own conscience to its core to treat others how we ourselves would want to be treated. He sought to find the best in others, but at the same time had the courage to stand up and speak, without fear for retribution, against inhumane practices of torture perpetrated on humans by other humans. All I have is admiration for this man for having survived the gruesome ordeal and for having found a purpose in life. I wish his book turns out to be an attention getter and a beacon of hope to all who are unlawfully incarcerated in the Guantanamo bay prison. I thank Democracy Now for airing this interview.
I am so extremely disgusted to be an american... how embarrassing.
Thank you Mansoor Adayfi. This is a precious thing you have shared with us, and we should all carry your story with us.
May his life now be filled with warmth and peace.
makes my heart hurt . I think I threw up in my mouth a little bit . he is very strong . I truly don't think I could have dealt with it .
What a lovely, wholly human person, a man full of real love, not driven at all by hate.
I hope he finds his woman. I love that he described how in that environment everyone was damaged by it " prisoners" equally imprisoned guards, US soldiers, even general miller was and is now damaged by it.. Rumsfed, and Colon Powell, are dead.
I can hardly stand to listen to Monsoor tell about his life...imagine living it all like he did. Aaaargh, the scream heard round the world! 🥺 😭
lets hope its heard around the world. And thank you yet again to DM for giving voice to these issues. Horrific. I cant believe this man displays hope?
all because DC is run from tel aviv
What are we supposed to do w the details of this interview? We’ve tried to close down Guantanamo. We can’t do it. It’s enraging & hopeless at the same time.
@@vallee7966 IF Guantanamo was closed down, the government would just torture people in another facility. The prison. Is not the problem. The people running it are the problem. There are no consequences for staff that torture prisoners. Like this man now living in Serbia and still being abused and cannot leave.
Val Zee Quit following the rules like they come from some just state. Donny let your relationships pretend that the way things are are even remotely acceptable.
Maybe all who judge others harshly without knowing the truth, should rethink where they ficus their HATE.
What a brave and righteous man.
I WISH ALL THESE PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY WERE BROUGHT INTO A WORLD COURT..
It's amazing how these guys remained so well put together after the horrifying experience of Guantanamo. God is great, only God can help people to breakthrough things like this.
Shocking story ,must close Guantanamo now and free Assange and Snowden!!!
Now, go after someone else for denying human rights
Thank you 🙏 celebrating son’s 29th birthday- missed the past two due to “detention” until court ordered state mental hospital 6 months treatment bed ready-sending love 💕 from Mom to all the Sons’ of God, Amen 🙏
Nice to know there was a “nice guard”
Fantastic interview, just fantastic!
What an amazing guy! (The brutality and immorality of the system doesn't surprise me, unfortunately. Just look at factory farms...)
An amazingly wonderful interview. Thank you.
I once met a man that claimed to be a former BlackWater mercenary, he was the most broken man I'd ever seen in my life.
No mercenary deserves pity.
@@elizabethgreer9080 everyone deserves mercy
@@kx7500 do you understand the type of things blackwater have really done? and where allowed to do, freely? for profit? normally i would agree with you, but the things they did for the LOLs, for profit....maybe not so deserving of mercy, ask the UN about blackwater. (don't look up blackwater driving, on youtube) more accountability, less LOLs and profit for war crimes. whats your option on things like the geneva conventions, international humanitarian law, or rules of engagement? i mean no disrespect. anyhow i feel this is slightly off topic, i wont continue off topic. ... let the above video be the center of our attention.
@@bilwisss tell us the black water story
@@michaelmcclenon6663 i do not take direction from you. school yourself. make up your own mind. (or have you already made up your mind?) ...you are an "us" ? you representing?
How can he still be so positive after years of torture and imprisonment? By right he should be depressed, bitter, paranoid and/ or crazy, or else a hardened, angry extremist.. He is very strong and resilient. Reminds me of Nelson Mandela.
He is retraumatized when sharing this violent experience. It shows when his breath is a heavy exhale. You are very strong to share with such a pleasant and open heart. All blessings to you Adayfi.
Half way through the book. I am disgusted by the senseless brutality displayed by the US. Beyond shameful. I am so sorry Mansoor. Thank you for sharing your story. May you live a peaceful life and enjoy your freedom. Close Guantanamo!
Thanks, Democracy Now 🙏🏼 Awesome, story. 👏🏻
Such an imporant story. Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you so much for this video. It was very beneficial. Keep up the Great Work! Much appreciated!
How is this possible? All the lies from the institutions, branch of government, and news outlets, How is it possible ? Mansoor is a hero, your testimony will change many confused ideologies, I will read your book and show this to many. Thank you for your resilience and I AM SORRY, I AM SORRY OUR COUNTRY THE USA DID THAT TO YOU AND TO SO MANY OTHERSd
Anybody who touched this man during his horrific experience should be charged as a War Criminal.
He looks happier and healthier than the first interview I watched when he first got sent to Serbia from Gitmo. I'm so glad he found happiness and I hope he got to start his life.
My family is Yemeni..this is sas..in fact most Yemenis are very happy and humble people. They have personalities like he does. He should be very proud of himself that he made it through it without taking his own life. I would love to meet him someday I would love to donate to him to make his life a little bit better. I wish you could come to the United States and see what good country it is I understand he probably hates the us but I wish you could come here and see what a good country it is and all the opportunity we have. Wouldn't that be something if he came to the US and got a degree and taught at one of our universities imagine the wisdom he could give people here that would be amazing. But he's stuck in Serbia I hope one day he gets home to Yemen to his family.
He has a great smile. How can he still smile. Stronger than me, thats for sure.
I'd say there are plenty of innocent people in those blacksites.
Keep remembering how "great" America is as a nation. Sooo great. Just a compassionate enlightened society, respecting the fundamental rights of all. So great.
This breaks my heart. He is so strong and I can tell he is still hurt emotionally but he is a survivor and trying his best to live his life and tell the world about this injustice. His English is perfect and you can tell he is highly intelligent. I pray he finds comfort and a peace that will sustain him. Another thing that is striking is he doesn’t seem to have any hate in his heart from the warlords who kidnapped and sold him all the way to Guantanamo. I honestly can’t say that I wouldn’t have hate and I’m sure so many others feel that way. I don’t know you sir but real recognize real. I wish for your life to be easy filled with happiness and joy!!! You deserve it!
Mansoor, you are a jewel, beautiful. In the end you are part of the real gold on this earth. May God really protect and make you happy and use you to enrich and educate the world!
Such an injustice. This is a crime against humanity. The poor man's life has been almost wrecked How he has maintained his sanity and sense of humour is beyond me. I would not be forgiving if I was imprisoned, wrongly accused and tortured and treated inhumanly. The Americans have a lot to answer for over their overreaction to 9-11. Innocent people, who looked "too brown" or "too muslim" were scooped up in the vengeful response to the lives of 3,000. Hundreds of thousands of lives were lost, and yet 20 later, the original enemies protector has regained power with impunity. Hundreds thousands lives, billions of dollars and what was achieved? The folly of war.
Beautiful arts with lots of messages.
"When the White House became the BLACK HOUSE"... Awesome expression .
that was excellent ...amazing that he doesn't harbor bitter resentment towards the US. Please tell Mansoor that the technical name of his favorite color is called OSHA ORANGE.
Unbelievable how the us can b so unhuman to treat r brothers like animals. I'm so ashamed of r country! But at the end, we all will b judge for the horrible things we do to other's! Sooo unbelievable sad. I'm so speechless! 🤦🏽♀️ Amy Goodman and the crew.....hope y'all had a wonderful blessed Turkey Day.🦃🤎🌹
This man is strong!😢
American imperialism is the reason you can order cheese doodles from Amazon.
And people believe in America. This could happen to anyone.
The man he mentions dying is Lotfi Bin Ali , there is a documentary about him he lived a very hard life after release.
So sad 😞
Happy 25th anniversary Democracy Now
She cut him off when he said don't go into the military, this country is crooked to the core
Sad but a beautiful ending, what a journey.
Whatever happened to Nuremberg ?
His book is fantastic and should be required reading for everyone.
You had to ask how he was tortured? Not appropriate. The lack of empathy or sensitivity around this, even as journalist is worrying.
I don't think it is meant to be lack of empathy. It is to show the truth of how inhumane and sick they are.
Amy " Maybe its for the better"" goodman.
May God step in
Sadistic. American human rights abuses.
Massive shame on the Dem/Repub War party for this SADISM. Bush, Obama, etc., etc., etc.
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Close Camp Sadism now!! Massive shame on the Dem/Repub War party!!
Additional thoughts: Many thanks to Amy Goodman for this thought provoking interview. These events need to be greatly publicized so that more people become aware of what is going on.
Torture is unAmerican!
apparently torture and lying are very american, for the last 20 yrs
What a great godlike person !
I remember the story of Joseph wow😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Please listen to Second Thought, so amazing!
wow
If he saw the airstrip right next to the black site, it was probably in Poland. One of the first sites were there and it was around 2002 as he stated. Too bad something like that happened to a young boy/man, but one has to understand that many of the terrorists were young.
Mansoor Adayfi speaks and acts with credibility. He is believable. Shame on any country that has participated in his ordeal. Guantanamo should be closed and returned to Cuba. What other black sites are still being operated?.
Second writing Part two Foundation What do I mean? For most of these chains, involving the majority of people, if a crime is commited, it is more easy than difficult, to find out who, when, and most likely why. Once you go up the chain of command per say, something altogether very well known, and accepted universally, but for some mentally distorted reality, is presented as none existent to everyone, comes very much into play. Power, a lot of power, with all the weight power has, to fall upon anyone, or anything going against it. Making a crime if, and when commited, very difficult to find out, as who, when, and why, not because there is no laws that cover for such levels, but because the ones that are supposed to say, and point out, who, when, and why! Cannot, will not, would not, should not, dare not, sprinkled with a heavy dose of, are not anymore, if they do so, making the other nots, sort of understandable, if in their shoes. A more simple vulgar example: A kilo of a illegal drug, on the location, and hands, of ninety percent of the words population, is a guaranteed sentence, form five, seven, ten, fifteen, twenty, life, all the way to death, at minimum, of ninety percent of the time. A kilo of the same drug, on the location, and the hands, of the ten percent of the world's population, is not enough, for the party, for the needs, for the purpose, for whatever they might make use for, at minimum, of the ninety eight percent of the time. I have written this piece because for years now, I have heard that! It is hard to investigate some violations, law braking, etc etc, because there is no laws, covering such, and such, or it is technically legal, whatever that is, or it is very hard to trace, or my favourite! There is a loop hole being used, and we need to close it, and the problem is solved etc etc. And here, right here, is the problem. I would argue that! All the prison's of the world, are occupied by people that have infringed the law, in it's most basic existence, without a loophole whatsoever. If you were to apply loopholes to most people that are in prison, than their crimes are nothing compared, to what a certain level of our societies get up to. You could even argue that a signature, a law, a decision, etc etc taken at their level, trickles down, all the way down, to hell, most of society, or a prison. There have been always enough laws, and the right laws. There has never, never, never, been any equal scales, honest scales, not in a whole of the society level, any society. If I steal, as a single person, any material, physical material, and every time I do so, is because I am hungry, or because I want a better life for myself, and loved ones, or I want to start a business, or I want to expand, to diversify my investments, or I want to be bullish, in a lively bullish market, or I want to merge with my brother, my sister, my friends, and build a tech, unicorn, ecological, sustainable, company, corporate, etc etc, and when I am in front of a judge, in a court of the land, and none of this is taken in my favour, or account, in regards to the act of theft, I have committed, and on my final judgement, regarding the braking of the law! Why! O Why then! Is the all of the above, and much much more, taken into account, in favour, or as weight, in regards to a theft commited by some people, of a much higher level of society, any society, and on the end judgment, to the braking of that law? You see most laws are just about right, the application of the consequences of braking a law at different levels of society are different! Take eyes wide shut, the film of Stanley Kubrick. And you begin to get a hint, of how the justice actually works. And the crimes in there are mondane, compared to the decision to invest hundreds, and hundreds of billions, here, there, anywhere. So for anyone who is voter, the main foundation of your vote, has to be the application of law, with equal, and just scales. If the bottom ninety percent of all societies, get more or less, the full blow of the punishment of the law, than that should be applicable to the top ten percent also, in a democracy. In anything other than that, than all options are on the table, bringing to life the very falsetie, and the sub sub sub sub existence of the system. Being behind the camera filming a torture, should not exclude anyone, if they are part of the torture, from punishment for torture. With that foundation, you should add your economic worries, education, health, etc etc, but without that, none of it, is what you think it is, or what is advertised to you as. Most definitely, with full factual, and observational conviction, it is not, democracy. As for divine, Godly, faith, religion, does not even come into mention, unless you have a god's system, where zeus, and his friends, shape shift into many forms, to abuse people on earth, especially women, against their will.
The Lord is just amen
@3:30 second day of arrival. Guards moved me to a tent after interrogation. I was asked to sign a paper that Americans have a right to shoot me and kill me if I try to escape. I said no I am not going to sign. Of course I am going to try to escape. I shouldn't be here in the first place. I refused to sign. They put my hand on the paper and they signed it themselves. I said that doesn't count. I have to sign willingly. @4:20 I don't know where the blacksite was. I was at the warlord's home like a guest, teaching his kids math, etc. Blacksite one of worst places of my life. Not just fear. Trauma, no limit to whatever they could do to us in 24 hours. US Soldiers and Afghanis. People actually lost their life there. They were looking for Osama, attacks, sleep cells. Long list, photos. Those black sites no one knows how many people ended there and how many people actually died there. There was no limitation to what they could do to you. Hang to ceiling all the time. Upside down. Blindfolded. Naked. Food. Drink they just poured rice water down our mouth. Do things standing. 24 hours programming. Sleep deprevation. Sleep 30 minutes then 6 hours then 20 minutes - if you can sleep. Loud music, beating, water boarding. Put us in a barrel and roll us. Thoguht I would die. They roll it and shot it with a gun and saw where is the hole and I was still alive. ... @15:35 The purpose of Guantanamo wasn't about American safety or security. ... International, Geneva, American, ?etc law doesn't apply. Black site black hole within military base. General Miller arrived, brought Standard Operating Procedure first started developing enhanced interrogation technique. Enhanced torture technique. Kept in -- confinement. Experimented on. Punished. Everything utilized as experiment our religion, daylight, food, clothe, medicine, talk, air, everything was used in those experiment. Also there was a psychologist who supervised the experiment. Around 800 detainees from 50 nationalities. 20 languages spoken. The youngest 3 months old, brought him with father. Kept in hospital. Oldest 105 yrs old. Seen treated same way I was treated. Fight every day with guard to stop him treat that way. @17:20 Research Guantanamo America's Battlelab. Talks about how Guantanamo turned into experimental lab on detainees. Chaplin James Yee shocked and surprised us all. Interrogation room "Satanic room" Stripped naked. Stars, signs, candles, and crazy guy in white crazy clothes reciting something. Throw holy Koran on the ground and they tried to pressure us to. they Experimented basically. When I met James Yee I told him James Yee protested torture. General Miller saw that James Yee as a Chaplin was going to be a problem. Accused as sympathize with terrorist arrested detained and interrogated. This is American Army Captain a graduate of West Point university came to serve his own country. His Muslim background was accused of terrorism and detained and imprisoned. Imagine what would happen to us in that place. When they took James Yee we protested. Whitehouse, Security Council, United Nations. @19:30 (Amy) Gen Miller oversaw Enhanced Interrogation Techniques "torture" brought from there to Iraq to Gitmo-ize Abu Gharib there. To bring those same torture techniques there and when the ??? Report came out it cited Miller for the massive level of abuse at Abu Gharib. @20:25 Make a point - we as prisoners weren't just the victims. Also the Guards and Camp Staff victims of Guantanamo as well. That condition brought us together and show we share humanity first. Simple question what makes a human a human. Makes you unique name language, faith, morals, ethics, memories, relationship, knowledge, experience. Basically your family makes a person as a person. Arrive in Guantanamo the system designed to strip us of who we are. Names taken given a number. Not allowed to practice religion, talk, relationship. If they were able to control our thought they would have done it. One thing didn't know didn't about Guantanamo we had no shared life before Guantanamo. Everything was new and scary unknown. We started developing some kind of relationship as prisoners and brothers and the guards as well. When guards came to Guantanamo they became a part of our lives and memories they would never go away. The same way they become part of our lives memories. Before they came they were taken to ground zero and told one who done this is in Guantanamo. Imagine they come in to Guantanamo they come with grudge hate, and ?, but once they live with us and watch every day eat drink sleep get beaten sick yelling torture. They also are humans. The ? administration cannot lie to them forever so the guards also when they live with us they found out some of them were apologizing with us. We strong strong friendship. Some convert to Islam. Some female guards. One 18 years old look scared all the time 2003-2004 worst time torture. She would always bring chocolate to him tell him everything is going to be ok. I have brother your age. I will never forget that moment. Guards still humans and victims of Guantanamo machinery. They forced extraction teams, bring dogs, then pepper spray, kick our ass, drag to interrogation. Female ordered to drag me she said no. Watch commander told her to drag that detainee. She said no. The brought the Camp Officer he said drag the Fing detainee. She said I cannot do it. He said step aside the other guard come to drag me. I said ok you can do it. I don't care. I don't want to get her in trouble. When they drag me. She was forced to watch. Sometimes we used to fight for the guards, when they came here living the guards would stay outside in the heat. No tents. Sometimes we had to protest in many occasions. The military rules is cruel and they treat the guards as product, not humans. Even those guards when went to tours in Afghanistan and come back, we saw how they changed. When I grew up in 30's they used to bring in younger guards and saw them as younger brother and sisters and told them and say please get out of the military. Because it will devastate you. I seen many people change. (Amy speaks end) When I grew up in that place and saw how the guards came back Many were mentally devastated. When you see a broken soul it is painful than anything. That pain touch your soul. It is the most pain. I have experienced many pain beating and torture. They worst was that touch I saw. @28:00 hunger strike forced feeding. Through nose to stomach. Brought force feeding chair. 8 points. Tie our head shoulders wrists waist legs. Brought tubes. Screaming shouting eat. 2005 forced all of us to stop hunger strike. Regular twice a day when end strike 5 times a day. Piles of Ensure and pour into our stomach one after another. Throw up doesn't matter. Eat. 8 to 12 hours in force feeding chair. One can of Ensure. If you threw up you get more. Laxative in Ensure so we s. ourselves in the Feeding Chair. General said sent by WhiteHouse to break hunger strike. Read file 441. In eyes and words. I'm here to tell you today sir eat otherwise tomorrow we won't be talking. I don't give a S. about anything tomorrow won't be any more talking.... 2007 strike again. 2007-2010 force feeding. Our hunger strike viewed as Jihad. Al Qaeda cell launching Jihad against the United States. @31:40 Used to hide us when ICRC came. When ?Hatim? come Sudanese guy. I called out to him. He looked at me and covered his eyes. Said not supposed to see us like this. We asked them to leave many years. We boycott them. Sign letters. Being at Guantanamo ICRC gives legitimacy to whatever Americans do here. @32:52 Parolled for release. Sent to Serbia against my will. Told me no choice. Leave or rot in here. ICRC new Obama Admin issued new rules. Any detainee accepted by any country he will be forced to leave no choice. Brought me with money and give the Serbian money to take me. In Belgrade, beaten when interview (Frontline PBS/NPR). Agreement between US and (receiving country) Serbia resettlement agreement. When arrive they said no agreement. You have 2 year contract to live in country under restrictions. No education/courses, no,no,no. They made us promises - in my case recommendation to finish college education. I said want to leave, went on hunger strike. I accepted to an university - when they found out I was from Guantanamo they expelled me. Frontline came they saw my condition and were surprised. First time interview. Second day someone came to apartment gave message stop lying. Didn't want to cause problems, didn't know what to expect. Serbian has history with Bosnia in 1990s scared me. I disappear and contact lawyer and Frontline and continue again. After the interviews aired Serbian newspaper presented me in worst way-newspaper tv. Arrested, interrogated, threatened to be ?. Don't want to tell too many detail or else they will kick my ass again. What happen in Guantanamo I will never keep silent. Keep silent only gives oppressor a means to oppress you more. I have done nothing wrong, even if I did something wrong there is a justice system can't just arrest because you have the power. 2018 they came to me 2 year finish. Choice saudi jail or refugee camp. The guy Nicola. "American F'd you the interview cost you a lot." Word for word. My lawyer was there listening. Life after Guantanamo. We still live in Guantanamo 2.0. I studied in another college will graduate 29 Sept. Thesis about rehabiliation and reintegration of former Guantanamo detainees into social life and the labour market. Lots of research last 5 years. Interviewed 150 brothers released from Guantanamo. Amy: Can't leave Serbia? Remember pain that touch soul? I found woman I think was going to be my wife. I couldn't trouble I couldn't marry, so finished. I think I'm lucky. One of the brothers ? died last year. Khazakstan to Mauritania no good health system. Needed travel document for surgery, lost life.
American freedom 🐄🐄🐄🐄💨💨💨
the Gtmo officials had no empathy because they were raised with violence and betrayal in their own families. People so raised grow up to want others to feel the same pain, by the same token people who want to punish women for having WANTED children were not wanted themselves... think about it. Lloyd Demause discussed this in "The Origins of War in Child Abuse". Formerly abused children as heads of state invariably ruin their chances to achieve the sustainable loving dreams we all have but they themselves can bring about ...and wont.
$25 on Amazon.
Who's America? Whose America?
This is some fucked up shit, you got to respect this guy spirit
Not many comments, feeling shame?
The brutality this poor man had to suffer for WMDs 😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏
Thanks again democracy now.
God is the best planner.
20:48 that description of systematic dehumanisation is eerily reminiscent of parts of inmate life that all of the nazi concentration camp survivor reports I have read made a point of emphasizing (minus the aspect of starvation).
imagine the poor is rail ees if americans deal honestly with 9/11
Why did he look insincere at 6:34?
I really feel for this poor man and all the others who are being tortured and harassed by the US world wide. I must say the interviewer seems a bit out of touch tho, she asks questions about details casually when he says he got force fed or beaten, even though its not really interesting for the story but rather something that could satiate a thirst for misery in our sick brains.
Its funny how the nature of his "research" in Afghanistan remains an undefined mystery🤔
No matter what he was doing in Afghanistan , the US authority should never practice torture against any human being
If you have haven't anything good to say please remain silent
Hello there, here is his brand new interview, in the first part he talks about his research in Afghanistan: agelast podcast 166, mansoor adayfi, guantanamo
Damn guys no good news ever? Always nothing but doom and gloom at Democracy Now! lol. Poor guy though omg. He should sue!!