GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — In the early afternoon quiet, guards in camouflage fatigues walked the two-tiered cellblocks of Camp Six, where the most cooperative of the 166 terrorism suspects held in the military prison here are housed. From a darkened control room, other guards watched banks of surveillance monitors showing prisoners in white clothing — pacing, sleeping or reading — in their cells.
But the relative calm on display to visiting reporters last week was deceiving. Days earlier, guards had raided Camp Six and locked down protesting prisoners who had blocked security cameras, forbidding them to congregate in a communal area. A hunger strike is now in its third month, with 93 prisoners considered to be participating — more than half the inmates and twice the number before the raid.
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Guantanamo Prison Hunger Strike Notches up to 94 -- ABC News/AP
Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strike Involves 94 Detainees, Military Says -- Huffington Post
Guantanamo: Increasing pressure to transfer detainees who’ve been cleared -- MSNBC
But the relative calm on display to visiting reporters last week was deceiving. Days earlier, guards had raided Camp Six and locked down protesting prisoners who had blocked security cameras, forbidding them to congregate in a communal area. A hunger strike is now in its third month, with 93 prisoners considered to be participating — more than half the inmates and twice the number before the raid.
Read more ....
More News On Guantanamo Prison
Guantanamo Prison Hunger Strike Notches up to 94 -- ABC News/AP
Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strike Involves 94 Detainees, Military Says -- Huffington Post
Guantanamo: Increasing pressure to transfer detainees who’ve been cleared -- MSNBC
Read more ....
Guantanamo Prison Hunger Strike Notches up to 94 -- ABC News/AP
Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strike Involves 94 Detainees, Military Says -- Huffington Post
Guantanamo: Increasing pressure to transfer detainees who’ve been cleared -- MSNBC
Senator Urges Transfer of Guantánamo Detainees to Yemen Amid Revolt -- New York Times
Feinstein urges U.S. to resume Guantánamo transfers; hunger strike up to 94 -- Miami Herald
Kafka at Gitmo: Why 86 prisoners are cleared for release but might never get it -- Max Fisher, Washington Post
INSIDE GITMO: An Exclusive Tour Of The Most Notorious Prison On Earth -- Business Insider
More News On Guantanamo Prison
Guantanamo Prison Hunger Strike Notches up to 94 -- ABC News/AP
Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strike Involves 94 Detainees, Military Says -- Huffington Post
Guantanamo: Increasing pressure to transfer detainees who’ve been cleared -- MSNBC
Senator Urges Transfer of Guantánamo Detainees to Yemen Amid Revolt -- New York Times
Feinstein urges U.S. to resume Guantánamo transfers; hunger strike up to 94 -- Miami Herald
Kafka at Gitmo: Why 86 prisoners are cleared for release but might never get it -- Max Fisher, Washington Post
INSIDE GITMO: An Exclusive Tour Of The Most Notorious Prison On Earth -- Business Insider