Guantanamo's Hunger Strike Is Escalating



Scores On Hunger Strike At Guantanamo Jail -- Al Jazeera

Some 84 of the 166 prisoners at the prison camp have joined the hunger strikers, with 16 being force-fed.

More than half of the men held at the Guantanamo detention camp have joined an escalating hunger strike to protest their open-ended detention, a camp spokesperson has said.

The US military counted 84 of the 166 prisoners as hunger strikers by Monday, and was force-feeding 16 of them liquid meals through tubes inserted in their noses and down into their stomachs.

Six were hospitalised for observation, said Lieutenant Colonel Samuel House, a spokesperson for the detention operation at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base in southeastern Cuba.

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More News On Guantanamo's Prison Hunger Strike

US military says 84 prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo to protest confinement -- Washington Post/AP
Half Of Guantanamo Detainees Now On Hunger Strike -- NPR
Hunger-striking Guantanamo prisoners near death -- CNN
More Than Half of Guantanamo Prisoners on Hunger Strike -- Voice of America
Gitmo by the Numbers -- PBS
What Happens on a Hunger Strike? -- Live Science

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