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09-14-2005, 10:35 AM | #1 |
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Hunger strike at Gitmo enters second month
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchas...ers-second.php
Thursday, September 08, 2005 Hunger strike at Gitmo enters second month Sara R. Parsowith at 8:09 PM ET [JURIST] A US military spokesman said Thursday that a hunger strike of prisoners at the US terror-suspect detention camp at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] has entered its second month. Some prisoners are now being force-fed via tubes and through medical assistance. The number of hunger strikers has risen to 87 - a week ago, before new hunger strikers joined [JURIST report], it was reported that 76 inmates were refusing food. The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) [advocacy website] issued a report [CCR text] Thursday giving details of the hunger strikes that have broken out at the prison since since 2002, and demanded that authorities adhere to Geneva Convention [text] standards for treatment of civilian detainees. CCR says [CCR press release] that the strikes have been triggered by alleged beatings of prisoners, denial of basic needs, and lack of fair trials. AFP has... ...more...
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09-14-2005, 10:47 AM | #2 |
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I guess after you're read all the books in the library and are tired of being beaten by Achmed in chess, you gotta do something ...
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09-14-2005, 05:27 PM | #3 |
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If they don't eat they will die.....that's their decision.
Why should I care?
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09-14-2005, 05:59 PM | #4 |
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The Fourth Circuit has just ruled in the Padilla case that the President may have anyone (even a citizen within US borders) held indefinitely without trial. So don't expect anything to change at Gitmo any time soon. Except maybe it will get more crowded.
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09-14-2005, 06:12 PM | #5 |
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In addition, the ruling in the Padilla case was important in two more respects: It can happen here on US soil, and the term used is "military detention". So, you may disappear from here, and wind up, well, a n y w h e r e. :yikes:
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09-15-2005, 01:40 AM | #6 | |
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It gets worse
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