Presentation of the book “Don’t Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guantanamo,” Human Rights Center, University of Padua, December 11, 2025
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Event date:
11 december 2025
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Time:
5 pm
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Venue:
Library of the Human Rights Centre, Via Beato Pellegrino 28, Padova
"Don't Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guantánamo" is a memoir published in 2021 by Mansoor Adayfi. At just 18 years old, Adayfi travelled to Afghanistan for research but never came back. He was abducted by Afghan warlords and subsequently handed over to U.S. forces following the September 11 attacks. Without formal charges, he was detained at Guantánamo Bay, where he was stripped of his identity and became known simply as Prisoner 441.
The memoir is composed of letters and manuscripts Adayfi wrote during his 14-year imprisonment and was able to send to his legal team. Through these writings, he recounts the harrowing experience of surviving Guantanamo for 14 years, until his release in 2016.
Meet the author
Mansoor Ahmed Saad Abdo Adayfi
Mansoor, born in 1982, is a Yemeni citizen who was held without charge in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba from February 9, 2002, to July 11, 2016. On July 11, 2016, he was transferred to Serbia, where he currently resides.
Moderators: Sabaeta Zeneli, Alessandra Salerno, Giulia Fabrizi, Andrea Lauria, students of the MA degree in Human Rights and Multi-level Governance, University of Padova.
A small exhibition of works created by Guantánamo Bay detainees will be set up for the occasion.
The seminar is promoted by: Advocacy Hub - Students' Voices at the Human Rights Center, in collaboration with the “Antonio Papisca” Human Rights Centre and the UNESCO Chair in “Human Rights, Democracy, and Peace,” University of Padua.
