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ACLU: Obama Administration Must Abandon Force-Feeding at Gitmo

ACLU: Obama Administration Must Abandon Force-Feeding at Gitmo

Nahal Zamani, Blog of Rights. July 28, 2009.

The harsh force-feeding of hunger strikers is a form of cruelty and mistreatment that continues to this day at Guantanamo.

Little Known Military Thug Squad Still Brutalizing Prisoners at Gitmo Under Obama

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. May 15, 2009.

The 'Black Shirts' of Guantanamo routinely terrorize prisoners, breaking bones, gouging eyes, squeezing testicles, and 'dousing' them with chemicals.

Hunger Strikers Seek New Immigrant Rights Movement

Kenneth Kim, November 5, 2008.

Protesters are putting their bodies on the line to call for a new approach to immigration.

Mothers at UK Immigration Jail Stage Naked Protests Over Detention of Children

Emily Dugan, Independent UK. April 13, 2008.

"I took my clothes off because they treat us like animals. We are claiming asylum, we're not animals."

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