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75 Guantanamo prisoners on hunger strike
2006-05-30
A massive hunger strike is in progress at the Guantanamo Bay prison with 75 of the inmates refusing to eat or drink in protest at their indefinite confinement. The strike that began in August 2005 petered out earlier this year with just three of the inmates refusing to eat food, but it has now jumped dramatically to 75.

If a striking prisoner's health is seen to be in jeopardy, he is force-fed, a practice that has been criticised by human rights groups.
They prefer to let the mooks starve themselves to death?
No prisoner has so far died because of starvation at the US naval facility on this bit of Cuban land. The Associated Press quoted Navy Commander Robert Durand on Monday as saying that the rising number of hunger strikers was an "attention-getting" move that may be related to a melee at the detention centre earlier this month when prisoners attacked guards. The US govt says the inmates are held as enemy combatants and so are not protected by the Geneva Convention and can be held indefinitely.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Classic time for a hog-roast - choose a windy day!
Posted by: Howard UK   2006-05-30 10:31  

#1  No prisoner has so far died because of starvation

Yet another unsuccessful hunger strike.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-05-30 10:27  

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