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Guantanamo hunger strike expands to 128
(BBC NEWS, 14 September 2005)
Dozens of detainees have joined a hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, bringing the number refusing food to 128, US officials say. . . . Eighteen prisoners have been hospitalised, including 13 who are being tube-fed. . . . Lawyers for the detainees say they are demanding release or immediate trial. . . . This is the latest in a series of hunger strikes since 2002 by detainees, who are held at the facility on Cuba as part of the US war on terror. . . . Lawyers for the detainees said as many as 200 were involved in the protest. . . . Many of the inmates have been held without charge for more than three years. A hunger strike in July ended when the Pentagon agreed to talk to inmates. . . . The prison at Guantanamo holds about 500 prisoners from nearly 40 countries. . . . The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), which has provided lawyers for many detainees, say some prisoners have threatened to starve to death unless they are put on trial or released, the Associated Press reports. . . . As most inmates are held as enemy combatants they are not protected by the Geneva Convention and can be held indefinitely, the US government says.

posted by LoZo 3:15 PM