Guantanamo Hunger Strike Numbers Soar Says Prisoner -- Euronews
A hunger strike at the US prison camp at Guantanamo has grown to include 130 of the 166 inmates, according to the lawyer for one of the prisoners.
Clive Stafford Smith says he has been told by his client Shaker Aamer that camp officials have been trying to break the hunger strike without success.
The US Defense Department said just under 40 prisoners are refusing food and 11 are being force fed after the latest hunger strike started seven weeks ago.
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Update: Gitmo hunger strike grows; extent in dispute -- Navy Times/AP
My Comment: A good number of these prisoners are now realizing that they are probably going to stay in prison for the rest of their lives .... an unsatisfactory situation especially in view of the fact that some of these detainees probably do not belong in Guantanamo in the first place.
I respectfully disagree. The ones who may have had a case for not being there were released a long time ago (not including the number who promptly returned to the battlefield).
ReplyDeleteGood point Nicholas Darkwater.
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