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February 9, 2009

Lawyer: Gitmo Conditions Deteriorating
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A military attorney for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner is claiming prison
conditions have worsened since President Obama took office. Lieutenant
Colonel Yvonne Bradley told the Guardian of London at least fifty
hunger-striking prisoners have been forced-fed while strapped to chairs
and beaten if they resist. At least twenty prisoners are said to be in
such poor shape they’ve been put on a “critical list.” Bradley said the
accounts of mass beatings of hunger-striking prisoners are
unprecedented.



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