US soldiers force-feed hunger strikers
Wednesday 11 January 2006
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EmailTHE US military reported yesterday that it is force-feeding 32 of 43 "war on terror" detainees who are on a hunger strike in the US detention camp on Cuba's Guantanamo Bay.
Some detainees have refused to eat for several months in protest at camp conditions.
The US army said that detainees had been "counselled" on the hazards of a long-term hunger strike.
If the detainees become weak or malnourished, they are force-fed intravenously or through a tube inserted through the nose to reach the stomach.
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