The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
April 2, 2013

Official Tally of Guantánamo Prisoners on Hunger Strike Continues to Rise 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------


 
The military's tally of the official number of Guantánamo prisoners
deemed to be on hunger strike rose Monday to 39. Eleven are being
force-fed. But prisoners and their lawyers still contest the official
numbers, saying most of the prison's 166 prisoners have joined the
two-month-long strike. Prisoner Shaker Aamer told his lawyer Friday that
130 prisoners are on strike and that he himself has lost 32 pounds.
Aamer, like most Guantánamo prisoners, has spent more than a decade at
the prison without charge.

 

.