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July 2, 2013

Lawyers Sue over "Grotesque" Force-Feeding of Guantánamo Prisoners 
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Lawyers for a group of Guantánamo prisoners have filed a lawsuit to
stop the force-feeding of hunger-strikers at the prison, calling it a
"grotesque" practice that violates human rights. The U.S. military has
acknowledged 106 out of 166 prisoners are on hunger strike; 44 are being
force-fed by tubes forced into their nostrils and then down into their
stomaches. Lawyers are particularly concerned the Muslim prisoners might
be force-fed during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan in violation of
religious practices.

 

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