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In Guantanamo, Have We Created Something We Can't Close?

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:09:00 +0000

The crisis at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp keeps growing in size and intensity. According to the military's own count, 100 of the 166 men held in the prison there are now on hunger strike, and the 27 most in danger of dying are being force-fed.

Last month, guards had to forcibly subdue a camp where even the most cooperative detainees are held.

The hunger strike was triggered by a February search of inmates' Qurans, though the details are hotly disputed.

Prisoner Points To Quran Search For Gitmo Hunger Strike

Eyder Peralta — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:52:00 +0000

The Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg reports that for the first time, we have a sworn statement from a Guantanamo prisoner who talks about what sparked the massive hunger strike at the U.S. prison camp.

During a February shakedown at Camp 6, writes the Afghan captive Obaidullah, "I and other detainees saw U.S.

Former Detainee Talks Of Desperation In Guantanamo Bay

Sun, 05 May 2013 13:45:33 +0000

Omar Deghayes is one of hundreds of former detainees who have been released from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay over the past several years.

Arrested in Pakistan in 2002, Deghayes, a Libyan citizen, was held as an enemy combatant until his release in December 2007. No charges were ever filed against him.

There are 166 prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, about 100 of whom are said to be participating in a hunger strike.

Hunger Striking Detainees At Guantanamo Are Force Fed

Thu, 02 May 2013 08:41:00 +0000

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The Guantanamo Bay detention center had more or less faded from the news until this week, when President Obama called it unsustainable. He and others are paying attention now because of an ongoing and growing hunger strike of at least - as of this morning - 100 prisoners.

Medics Arrive At Guantanamo As Hunger Strikers Increase

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:32:00 +0000

About 40 medical personnel have arrived at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay amid an increase in the number of hunger strikers at the facility.

Since last Saturday, 100 of the 166 prisoners at the camp have been refusing to eat; 21 of them are being fed through nasal tubes. Five of the hunger strikers are in the camp's hospital, according to a statement from Army Lt. Col. Samuel House.