US hushes up force feeding

Submitted by Matthew on 11 December, 2013 - 11:49

The US military will no longer publicly disclose whether prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are on hunger strike.

Hunger strikes have taken place at the prison camp since it was opened in 2002, but normally it was possible for the press to discover how many in-mates were making the protest, and how many of them were being force fed.

A Guantanamo Bay official said the camp authorities would “no longer further [prisoners’] protests by reporting the numbers to the public.” The US holds 164 prisoners at Guantanamo, most of them without charge.

Earlier this year, over a hundred of them were refusing food in protest at their detainment.

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