Plea over Guantanamo protesters

Human rights groups are calling on the UK Government to intervene in the hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay.

At least six UK residents are among about 210 detainees at the US military base who are refusing food, says Amnesty International and Reprieve.

They claim the detainees have been restrained and force fed.

They want ministers to seek a US pledge to allow independent observers access to the detainees, who are being held without trial or being charged. <snip>

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4315668.stm

the only way to get in their is with an ID and a pro W attitude or after a REALLY massive shore bombardment followed with sweeping every building. and even then you need to be careful.

TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!:

* Fmr. Army Chaplain James Yee on the Abuse of Prisoners at Guantanamo, His Wrongful Imprisonment and Anti-Muslim Sentiment in the Military *

We spend the hour looking at the extraordinary case of Chaplain James Yee -one of the first Muslim Chaplains commissioned by the U.S Army. Yee was posted in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 2002, but less than a year after serving there, he was accused of espionage by the military and faced charges so severe, that he was threatened with the death penalty.

The military leaked information about the case to the press and the
media went on a feeding frenzy. Chaplain Yee was vilified on the airwaves as a traitor to his country and accused of being a mole inside of the Army.
Then the military's case began to unravel. The charges were eventually reduced and eight months later, dropped altogether. Chaplain Yee has written a book about his experiences called "For God an Country: Faith and Patriotism under fire."

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/06/1316240