Judge sets deadline for US to redact Guantanamo force-feeding videos
A federal judge Thursday gave the Obama administration an Oct. 17 deadline to comply with her order to redact for release dozens of videos of a Guantanamo captive being tackled, shackled and forced-fed...
View ArticleU.S. feeding methods at Guantanamo under new scrutiny
In this photo Nov. 20, 2013 file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. Navy nurse stands next to a chair with restraints, used for force-feeding, and a tray displaying nutritional shakes, a tube...
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...
View ArticleNavy nurse, objecting to force-feeding, sent back to US from Guantanamo
A U.S. Navy nurse who refused to force-feed hunger strikers at the prison in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base has been sent back to the United States with no resolution of his case. The nurse has never been...
View ArticleHuman rights groups call for end to force-feeding of Guantanamo detainees
MIAMI — Human rights organizations are asking Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to order troops to abandon the practice of force-feeding prisoners at Guantanamo, a move that could permit them starve to...
View ArticleGovernment wants to close Guantánamo forced-feeding hearing
The Obama administration, which has systematically shrouded the long-running hunger strike at Guantánamo in secrecy, has asked a federal judge to shut the public out of a hearing on one captive’s...
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 ArticleDoctor: Guantánamo erred by lubing forced-feeding tubes with olive oil
Navy medical staff put Guantánamo prisoners’ health at risk by using “for cultural preference” olive oil to lubricate feeding tubes, a doctor testified at federal court hearing on prison force-feeding...
View ArticleNo court martial for nurse who refused to give forced-feeding at Guantanamo
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba (MCT) — A Navy commander has chosen not to court-martial a nurse who refused to conduct forced-feedings of hunger strikers this summer and has instead asked a board to...
View ArticleWhy Doctors Oppose Force-Feeding Guantanamo Hunger Strikers
For centuries, the act of refusing food has turned human bodies into effective political bargaining chips. And so it's no surprise that the prisoners desperate to leave Guantanamo after, in some cases,...
View ArticleNurse who refused to force-feed sent home from Guantanamo
A Navy nurse who refused to force-feed hunger strikers at Guantánamo has been sent back to the United States with no resolution of his case. The nurse has never been identified. Last month, a lawyer...
View ArticleU.S. nurse refuses to force-feed Gitmo inmates
A US Navy nurse has refused to take part in force-feeding Guantanamo inmates on hunger strike, the first time a medical officer has openly objected to the practice, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The...
View ArticleGuantanamo nurse in force-feed row
A US Navy nurse has refused to force-feed prisoners on an extended hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, in the first protest of its kind at the Cuba detention centre for terror suspects. The unidentified...
View ArticleUS Navy nurse refuses to force feed detainees at Guantanamo Bay
A nurse in the US Navy has refused to force-feed detainees at Guantanamo Bay, in what is a landmark protest at the Cuba detention centre for terror suspects. The unidentified nurse made the...
View ArticleSome Guantánamo hunger strikers get special treatment, detainee argues
WASHINGTON — Six Guantánamo 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 ArticleFederal judge halts forced feeding of 1 Guantánamo captive
A federal judge waded deep into the Pentagons handling of the Guantánamo hunger strike on Friday, ordering the military to temporarily suspend forced-feedings of a Syrian prisoner at the detention...
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 ArticleFeds want to close hearing on Guantanamo forced-feeding
The Obama administration, which has systematically shrouded the long-running hunger strike at Guantanamo in secrecy, has asked a federal judge to shut the public out of a hearing on one captive’s...
View ArticleGovernment wants to close Guantanamo forced-feeding hearing
The Obama administration, which has systematically shrouded the long-running hunger strike at Guantanamo in secrecy, has asked a federal judge to shut the public out of a hearing on one captive's...
View ArticleFederal court hearing examines Guantánamo hunger-strike policy
WASHINGTON (MCT) —When a federal judge investigates Guantánamo hunger-strike policy Monday, she’ll be hearing from two doctors who spent 14 hours with Abu Wa’el Dhiab, a Syrian captive awaiting...
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