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Immigrant Detainees Staging Hunger Strikes to Protest Deplorable Confinement

Aura Bogado, AlterNet. August 7, 2009.
The South Louisiana Correctional Center has seen five hunger strikes in one month, as detainees are denied medical care and access to legal libraries.

Stop Retaliating Against Louisiana Detention Center Hunger-Strikers

Staff, Center for Constitutional Rights AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 1, 2009.
The Center for Constitutional Rights is calling for an end to the practice.

For the 70 Gitmo Prisoners on a Hunger Strike, Closing Gitmo Can't Wait a Year

Witness Against TortureJanuary 23, 2009.
Closing Guantanamo is not as hard as we're being told. The real challenge will be achieving justice and accountability.

Sami al-Haj Released from Guantánamo After More than Six Years

Andy Worthington, AlterNet. May 2, 2008.
The Al Jazeera cameraman was never charged.

The Torture Drawings the Pentagon Doesn't Want You to See

Andy Worthington, AlterNet. April 11, 2008.
Drawings by journalist Sami Al-Haj depicting torture at Gitmo have been censored.

Not Guilty, But Jailed for Five Years: Al-Arian's Third Hunger Strike Under Way

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. March 9, 2008.
Imprisoned Palestinian activist Sami Amin Al-Arian was found not guilty in court, yet seems the victim of a plan to keep him jailed indefinitely.