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Judges weigh challenge to force-feeding at Gitmo
Source: Associated Press
Judges weigh challenge to force-feeding at Gitmo
AP foreign, Friday October 18 2013
FREDERIC J. FROMMER
Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) - An appeals court panel Friday wrestled with a challenge to force-feeding hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay, with a lawyer for the detainees acknowledging he was seeking a ruling "that may lead to death."
But the attorney, Jon Eisenberg, told the three judges hearing the case that the authorities at the Naval base in Cuba are force-feeding detainees before their lives are at risk.
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According to Guantanamo officials, all 15 men who are still participating in a hunger strike to protest their indefinite detention are approved for force-feeding. That means that they are sometimes force-fed, but it can vary from meal to meal, depending on the circumstances. Detainees who are fed this way are strapped down and fed a liquid nutrient mix through a nasal tube to prevent them from starving to death.
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AP foreign, Friday October 18 2013
FREDERIC J. FROMMER
Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) - An appeals court panel Friday wrestled with a challenge to force-feeding hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay, with a lawyer for the detainees acknowledging he was seeking a ruling "that may lead to death."
But the attorney, Jon Eisenberg, told the three judges hearing the case that the authorities at the Naval base in Cuba are force-feeding detainees before their lives are at risk.
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According to Guantanamo officials, all 15 men who are still participating in a hunger strike to protest their indefinite detention are approved for force-feeding. That means that they are sometimes force-fed, but it can vary from meal to meal, depending on the circumstances. Detainees who are fed this way are strapped down and fed a liquid nutrient mix through a nasal tube to prevent them from starving to death.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/11024948
