A guard walks through a cellblock inside Camp V, a prison used to house detainees at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base.(Reuters / Bob Strong)
Guantanamo Bay Detainees’ Frustrations Simmering, Lawyers And Others Say -- Washington Post
Tensions between detainees and the military at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have spiked in recent weeks, with a hunger strike at one of the camps reflecting growing despair that the Obama administration has abandoned efforts to repatriate prisoners cleared for release, according to defense lawyers and other people with access to information about detention operations.
A majority of the 166 detainees remaining at Guantanamo Bay are housed in Camp 6, a facility that until recently held men the military deemed “compliant.” But the camp, where cell doors are left open so detainees can live communally, has been at the center of a series of escalating protests since January.
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Update #1: Gitmo hunger strike downplayed by U.S. -- UPI
Update #2: US admits Gitmo hunger strike spreading -- RT
My Comment: I guess it is dawning on many of these detainees that most of them are probably going to be in prison for the rest of their lives.