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52 Guantanamo detainees refuse food
(BBC NEWS, 21 July 2005)
Fifty-two detainees at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba are staging a hunger strike, US military officials say. . . . So far, the men have refused nine meals over three days, the US military said in a statement. . . . The detainees are being monitored by medical professionals and their vital signs are being checked daily. . . . More than 500 inmates are currently being held at Guantanamo. Only four have been charged. . . . On Wednesday, an Afghan man released from the camp after three years said that more than 100 prisoners had been on hunger strike for two weeks. . . . The former Taleban soldier said the protest was aimed at highlighting "inhuman" conditions at the camp.

posted by Lorenzo 3:31 PM