Violence at Guantanamo Has Its Day in Court
In the first trial weighing the legality of force-feeding methods at the Guantanamo Bay prison, U.S. government lawyers have tried to disparage doctors and refute medical assessments regarding the best...
View ArticleUS court hears Guantanamo force-feeding case
Hunger-striking prisoners who are force-fed at Guantanamo Bay can choose from several flavours for the liquid meal they must ingest, and well-behaved inmates sometimes are force-fed communally, a US...
View ArticleGuantanamo Bay: Forced-feedings that test US secrecy
For years judges have accepted the idea that accounts of detainees at Guantanamo should be kept secret. This week, though, one judge pushed back. With oversized glasses and short, curly hair, US...
View ArticleJudge in Guantanamo force-feeding case wants more evidence
WASHINGTON A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the government to turn over more videotapes showing the forceful removal of a hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay detainee from his cell. Over Justice...
View ArticleJudge upholds Guantánamo's treatment of hunger-striker waiting to go
(MCT) — A federal judge has refused to intervene in the forced-feeding of a hunger-striking prisoner awaiting his transfer from the war-on-terror prison, declaring that U.S. military medical staff do...
View ArticleJudge upholds Guantánamo’s treatment of hunger-striker waiting to go
A federal judge has refused to intervene in the forced-feeding of a hunger-striking prisoner awaiting his transfer from the war-on-terror prison, declaring that U.S. military medical staff do not show...
View ArticleInside The Gitmo Force-Feeding Hearing The Government Didn't Want You To See
WASHINGTON –- On the fourth floor of a federal courthouse just blocks from the Capitol, two very different pictures are being painted of a 43-year-old Syrian man who has been held by the U.S. military...
View ArticleDoctor: Ill-advised practices at Gitmo used for hunger strikers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is applying ill-advised procedures as a form of punishment for hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay prison, a medical doctor told a federal court Tuesday. The assessment...
View ArticleGuantánamo force-feeding amounts to punishment, detainee's lawyers argue
Government lawyers clash with those of hunger-striking detainee Abu Wa’el Dhiab, whose wheelchair and underwear were removed before procedure ...
View ArticleForce-fed Guantanamo inmate abusive, U.S. government says
By Lacey Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Syrian inmate on a hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay prison who is seeking more humane force-feeding has a history of assaulting guards and staff, U.S....
View ArticleSome Guantanamo hunger strikers get special treatment, detainee argues
WASHINGTON - Six Guantanamo captives who've been on hunger strike since 2007 got comfy seats this year, communal forced-feedings and television distraction as a way to get them to stop their food...
View ArticleU.S. attorney defends Guantánamo hunger striker’s forced-feedings in federal...
A government attorney announced Monday in federal court that the U.S. military has issued a wheelchair to a long-term hunger striker to transport him to his Guantánamo Bay forced-feedings. Justice...
View ArticleGovernment ordered to supply records in Guantanamo force-feeding case
WASHINGTON — A federal judge Wednesday ordered the government to turn over 34 videotapes showing the repeated removals of a Guantanamo Bay detainee from his cell and his subsequent force-feedings. Five...
View ArticleDoctor says Guantanamo practices ill-advised
WASHINGTON — The government is applying ill-advised procedures as a form of punishment for hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay prison, a medical doctor told a federal court Tuesday. The assessment by Dr....
View ArticleLawyers seek end to force-feeding practices for Guantanamo prisoner
By Lacey Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for a Syrian prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay prison urged a U.S. judge on Monday to halt harmful force-feeding practices used on their client during a...
View ArticleFederal court hearing examines Guantanamo hunger-strike policy
WASHINGTON -- A government attorney announced Monday that the U.S. military has issued a wheelchair to a long-term hunger striker to transport him to his Guantanamo Bay forced-feedings - as a federal...
View ArticleGuantánamo ‘experiment’ didn’t break hunger strike but gets judge’s attention
Six Guantánamo captives who have been on hunger strike since 2007 got comfy seats this year, communal forced-feedings and television distraction as a way to get them to stop their food protest at the...
View ArticleAt Guantanamo, force-feeding shrouded in secrecy
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba) (AFP) - Behind the barbed wire of Guantanamo Bay prison, hunger-striking inmates are routinely force-fed, a practice defended by officials as necessary medical...
View ArticleJudge upholds Guantanamo’s treatment of hunger-striker
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, CUBA — A federal judge has refused to intervene in the forced-feeding of a hunger-striking prisoner awaiting his transfer from the war-on-terror prison, declaring that U.S....
View ArticleU.S. attorney defends Guantánamo hunger striker’s forced-feedings
A government attorney announced Monday that the U.S. military has issued a wheelchair to a long-term hunger striker to transport him to his Guantánamo Bay forced-feedings — as a federal judge opened a...
View ArticleDoctor says Gitmo practices ill-advised
The government is applying ill-advised procedures as a form of punishment for hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay prison, a medical doctor told a federal court Tuesday. The assessment by Dr. Steven Miles...
View ArticleFederal court examines Guantanamo hunger-strike policy
WASHINGTON — A government attorney announced Monday that the U.S. military has issued a wheelchair to a long-term hunger striker to transport him to his Guantanamo Bay forced-feedings – as a federal...
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