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We owe it to the men still detained in Guantanamo to keep fighting for justice and accountability, writes former detainee Mansoor Adayfi.

A former prisoner’s story of mistreatment at the hands of Ron DeSantis made headlines. But The New York Times found no evidence to back it up.

Asking for clarity on DeSantis involvement in force-feeding is an eminently fair question.

It was the first day of his fourth month without work, and Hisham Bin Ali Bin Amor Sliti was feeling increasingly agitated - like a caged animal. He was 5,500 miles and seven years away from Guantánamo Bay, where he was locked up for more than a decade, but Sliti still felt like a prisoner.

Mansoor Adayfi was released in 2016 after 14 years in the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, where he says he was tortured, beaten, and force-fed.

Mansoor Adayfi was released in 2016 after 14 years in the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, where he says he was tortured, beaten, and force-fed.

Mansoor Adayfi was held in the prison camp for 14 years, and never charged with a crime. He said the stigma has made him unable to create a new life.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik), Ekaterina Chukaeva - The Guantanamo prison is the worst place on earth and, with all the torture occurring there, it is in effect a human... 04.11.2021, Sputnik International

"Democracy Now!" speaks with Mansoor Adayfi, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee who was held at the military prison for 14 years without charge.

Captured at the age of 18, Mansoor Adayfi describes coming of age at Guantánamo in his memoir, “Don’t Forget Us Here.”