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July 16, 2014

Guantánamo Nurse Refuses to Force-Feed Hunger-Striking Prisoners 
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A Navy medical officer stationed at Guantánamo Bay has become the first
known prison official to refuse to force-feed hunger-striking detainees.
The unidentified officer's stance was revealed in a phone call from a
Guantánamo Bay prisoner to his attorney. The prisoner, Abu Wael Dhiab,
says the nurse refused to force-feed the hunger strikers sometime before
July 4. The Navy says the officer has been re-assigned to "alternative
duties," away from the prison's detention center.

 

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