14 Years in Guantánamo
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Maria and Julio are joined by Mansoor Adayfi, a former Guantánamo detainee and author of the new book “Don't Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guantánamo.” They talk about Mansoor’s experience being detained for 14 years, without charge or trial, at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba and get an inside look into the place that has tortured detainees and restricted access to the media for nearly two decades. ITT Staff Picks: - As U.S. troops leave Afghanistan, Mansoor Adayfi writes about how the end of the war on terror must include closing Guantánamo, for The Boston Globe. - Benjamin R. Farley, law-of-war counsel at the U.S. Department of Defense, Military Commissions Defense Organization, writes about what President Biden must do to right the wrongs of Guantánamo, for The Atlantic. - For Foreign Policy, Fatima Bhutto writes about Ahmed Rabbani, one of the last prisoners still being detained at Guantánamo: “U.S. officials have been explicit about what they call “forever prisoners,” men who will never be charged with a crime; Rabbani is one such prisoner.” Photo credit: Courtesy of Mansoor Adayfi
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| 0:22.8 | Thank you. |
| 0:32.5 | The case is it's facing the political reality that Guantanamo was a mistake all along. |
| 0:37.3 | And those who are responsible for opening it and keeping it open, have to work in with |
| 0:41.6 | history. |
| 0:42.6 | Hey, what's up? |
| 0:45.7 | Welcome to In The Thick. |
| 0:46.7 | This is a podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC perspective. |
| 0:51.1 | I'm Maya Yohosa and I'm Julio Ricardo Varelo. |
| 0:54.3 | I am really excited to welcome our guest today. |
| 0:58.1 | He's joining us from Belgrade, Serbia. |
| 1:00.9 | His name is Mansoor Adafi. |
| 1:02.6 | He's a former Guantanamo detainee. |
| 1:05.8 | He's an author of a new book it's called Don't Forget Us Here, Lost and Found at Guantanamo. |
| 1:11.7 | Mansoor, thank you so much for surviving Guantanamo and for making it out and for speaking |
| 1:16.9 | with us and for writing your book. |
| 1:18.6 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:19.6 | Yeah. |
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