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Facing deteriorating conditions and the hopelessness of their legal abyss, detainees are starving themselves in protest

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A Huge Hunger Strike at Guantánamo

By Andy Worthington

When is a hunger strike not a hunger strike? Apparently, when the government says it doesn t exist.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34237.htm



Over 100 Guantanamo inmates 'on hunger strike,' possibly in grave condition

Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay inmates have claimed ''all but a few men'' are on a hunger strike over their Qurans being taken away. The condition of the strikers ''appears to be rapidly deteriorating and reaching a potentially critical level,'' they said.

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Human Rights Body Holds Hearing on Unfolding Humanitarian Crisis at Guantánamo

As Detained Men Enter Fifth Week of Hunger Strike in Peaceful Protest of 11 Years Detention, U.S. Officials Face Questions About Guantánamo for First Time Since Obama Re-Election.

http://is.gd/PhtTwD


From Information Clearing House

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Hunger Strike at Guantanamo
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/03/13-4

Starving for Justice at Guantanamo
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/14-5



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