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February 26, 2009

Attorney: Gitmo Conditions Worsen
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Another attorney for Guantanamo Bay prisoners is claiming conditions
have worsened sharply since President Obama took office. Ahmed Ghappour
says Guantanamo guards are acting even more aggressively before Obama’s
year-long deadline to shut the prison down. Ghappour said he’s heard
recent accounts of beatings, the dislocation of limbs, spraying of
pepper spray into closed cells, applying pepper spray to toilet paper
and over-force-feeding hunger-striking prisoners. Other attorneys,
including military lawyer Yvonne Bradley, have made similar claims since
Obama ordered Guantanamo’s closure.



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