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US govt starts notifying Gitmo inmates’ lawyers of force-feeding
The US leadership has begun naming those Guantanamo prisoners who are being force-fed to stop them from starving to death. The prisoner hunger strike at the facility has been ongoing for two months.
A lawyer for Yemeni inmate Samir Mukbel told AP she had been notified by the Department of Justice last week that her client was being fed against his will. On Monday, she was allowed to speak with the prisoner over the phone, and confirmed the Department’s report.
The inmate reportedly told her that he joined the hunger strike in February, has lost over 10 kilograms in weight, and fainted at one point and had to be taken to hospital. He described the feeding process as painful.
“Some people have gone through this a lot but he said he had never felt anything like it in his life,” lawyer Cori Crider pointed out.
Prison’s spokesperson Robert Durand said he was aware the government was notifying lawyers whose clients were being force-fed, though he did not know the reason for the change.
http://rt.com/usa/guantanamo-prisoners-h…trike-551/
2013-04-09 13:19:09
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