U.S. rejects call to stop force-feeding at Guantanamo for Ramadan
July 3, 2013 -- Updated 1738 GMT (0138 HKT) Protesters demand the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility at the White House in May. (CNN) -- The U.S. government on Wednesday refused to stop...
View ArticleU.S. asks court not to halt Guantanamo force-feeding
MIAMI (Reuters) - A U.S. federal court has no jurisdiction and no reason to intervene in the force-feeding of prisoners at the Guantanamo naval base, the Obama administration argued on Wednesday in...
View ArticleGuantánamo hunger strike: US to force-feed detainees during Ramadan
Government says feedings provide 'essential nutritional and medical care' and will not interfere with religious observance Government lawyers said that enteral or force feeding is authorised by...
View ArticleJudge denies Guantanamo inmate's request to end force-feeding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday denied a Guantanamo prisoner's request to halt the force-feeding of hunger strikers and said that only President Barack Obama had the power to intervene....
View ArticleGitmo inmate's request to end force-feeding denied
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday denied a Guantanamo prisoner's request to halt the force-feeding of hunger strikers and said that only President Barack Obama had the power to intervene....
View ArticleObama urged to halt Ramadan force-feeding at Guantánamo
Islamic leaders call on administration to rethink policy towards hunger-striking detainees during religious fast Link to video: Mos Def force-fed under standard Guantánamo Bay procedure Islamic...
View ArticleUS judge denies Guantánamo Bay prisoner's request to end force-feeding
Only Obama has to power to intervene in hunger strike, judge says, as she denies one of four requests to end practice A military doctor holds a feeding tube used to feed detainees on hunger strike at...
View ArticleGuantánamo authorities 'planning Ramadan force-feeding factory'
New legal filing says plan to continue feeds at night during holy month will be dangerous for health of detainees Guantánamo Bay. Photograph: Brennan Linsley/AP Lawyers acting for four detainees on...
View ArticleU.S. judge turns down bid to end Gitmo force-feeding
Story Highlights Judge rejected bid by three Gitmo detainees to stop force-feedingJudge says she doesn't have the jurisdictionJudge: There was nothing "so shocking or inhumane" that would raise...
View ArticlePrisoners urge end to Guantanamo force-feeding
BEN FOX Associated Press= MIAMI (AP) â Prisoners at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are asking a federal court to halt the force-feeding that is intended to prevent prisoners from...
View ArticleLawyers ask federal court to halt Guantánamo forced-feeding
Lawyers for four Guantánamo captives are asking a federal court in Washington, D.C., to put an end to the grotesque practice of force-feeding at the Pentagon prison in southeast Cuba. The U.S....
View ArticleHunger-striking Gitmo detainees sue over force feeding
A watch tower is seen in the currently closed Camp X-Ray which was the first detention facility to hold 'enemy … Four inmates at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center in Cuba are suing the federal...
View ArticleGitmo Detainees to Be Force-Fed at Night Out of Respect for Ramadan
The United States military will likely show its benevolence toward the Guantanamo Bay detainees it's holding in perpetuity and will only force-feed the hunger strikers at night out of respect for...
View ArticleLawyers ask federal court to halt Guantánamo forced-feeding
Lawyers for four Guantánamo captives are asking a federal court in Washington, D.C., to put an end to the “grotesque” practice of force-feeding at the Pentagon prison. Officials defend the use of...
View ArticleLawyers ask federal court to halt Guantanamo forced-feeding
Lawyers for four Guantanamo captives are asking a federal court in Washington, D.C., to put an end to the “grotesque” practice of forced feeding at the Pentagon prison. Officials defend the use of...
View ArticleLawyers ask judges to halt Guantanamo forced-feedings
Lawyers for four Guantanamo captives are asking a federal court in Washington, D.C., to put an end to the "grotesque" practice of force-feeding at the Pentagon prison in southeast Cuba. The U.S....
View ArticleObama asks court not to halt Guantanamo force-feeding
MIAMI (Reuters) - A U.S. federal court has no jurisdiction and no reason to intervene in the force-feeding of prisoners at the Guantanamo naval base, the Obama administration argued on Wednesday in its...
View ArticleShaker Aamer - the last Brit held in Guantanamo Bay - sues US government over...
The last British Guantanamo Bay detainee is suing the American government over alleged force-feeding at the detention centre, it has been announced. Shaker Aamer and three other detainees, who said...
View ArticleGitmo lawsuit: End forced feedings before Ramadan
July 2, 2013 -- Updated 0413 GMT (1213 HKT) Guantanamo Bay's detention facility opened in 2002 with 700 detainees. More than a decade later, 166 remain and more than half are in political limbo,...
View ArticleGuantanamo lawsuit: End forced feedings before Ramadan
A table with a bottle of Ensure, two feeding tubes and a feeding bag set up next to a "feeding chair" with arm, leg and chest restraints inside the Detainee Medical Center at Camp Delta, Guantanamo...
View ArticleBMA urges Obama to stop doctors force-feeding Guantánamo prisoners
Protesters from CODE PINK sit in the Guantanamo Bay prison hearing. Photograph: Patsy Lynch/Rex Features The British Medical Association has written to Barack Obama urging him to immediately suspend...
View Article“Every single time it was torture” – Guantanamo detainees appeal to Federal...
(Source: Reprieve) Lawyers for hunger-striking Guantanamo detainees have today filed an appeal with the Federal Court of Appeal in Washington, DC against their by US authorities. Previous attempts by...
View ArticleUS sends two Guantánamo Bay prison detainees home to Algeria
Nabil Said Hadjarab and Mutia Sadiq Ahmad Sayyab approved for release, bringing down number of detainees at base to 164 More than 37 detainees remain on hunger strike at Guantánamo, according to the...
View ArticleThe Faces of Guantánamo
As the hunger strike at Gitmo drags on, artist Molly Crabapple captures the faces of some of the men detained in the limbo of the military prison. by Molly Crabapple | September 3, 2013 4:45 AM EDT...
View ArticleLetters detail punitive tactics used on Guantánamo hunger strikers
Newly declassified papers say hunger strike at Guantánamo Bay was 'broken' by a deliberate campaign to crush detainees' spirits Shaker Aamer has been detained at Guantánamo Bay for 11 years....
View ArticleUS: More prisoners end hunger strike at Guantanamo
DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press= KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) â The number of inmates on hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison has dropped to 75 from a peak of 106 last week, and even most of the men...
View ArticleGuantánamo hunger strikers able to challenge force-feeding, court rules
Judges decline to end practice at detention camp but detainees can challenge the conditions of their confinement The decision overturns two earlier rulings by separate district judges. Photograph: Paul...
View ArticleU.S. judge denies Guantanamo inmate's request to end force-feeding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday denied a Guantanamo prisoner's request to halt the force-feeding of hunger strikers and said that only President Barack Obama had the power to intervene....
View ArticleLawyers ask U.S. judge to halt Guantanamo force-feedings
MIAMI (Reuters) - Lawyers for four Guantanamo prisoners are asking a U.S. federal judge to block the force-feeding of hunger strikers at the detention camp, arguing that it violates human rights and...
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