Guantanamo prisoners on hunger strike

[Ahmed_Yaseen]

Hunger strike

Published: 9 Sep 2005
By: Julian Rush
http://www.channel4.com/news/special-reports/special-reports-storypage.jsp?id=687

Prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are several weeks into a hunger strike protesting against abuse and imprisonment without trial, some are being force fed.

They've been on hunger strike for five weeks: their health now so precarious some are being force fed - others are on medical treatment.

More than 200 detainees at Guantanamo Bay are said to be taking the drastic action in protest over their conditions - a figure strongly denied by the US authorities at the base.

Monitors from the International Red Cross are due to visit the detention centre next week to check on their condition.

But a US military spokesman insisted inmates would NOT be allowed to die. Julian Rush reports.

>>Watch the report http://edge.channel4.com/news/2005/09/week_2/09_hunger.wmv

 

[Zuko]

Heyyy I read that on aljazeera.com a while ago!

 

[rhino91]

Ya Allah we should be on a hunger strike too for them

 

[Umar001]

Am confused, is hunger strike halal, I mean what if you die?

 

[Sabbir_1]

Ya Allah we should be on a hunger strike too for them

We shuld be strong an united, and help these brothers,, get rid of this guantanomo bay place....

 

[Keltoi]

This is a fairly old story. If they get to the point where not eating will kill them, they are force fed through IV.

 

[aLiTTLeTiMe]

Am confused, is hunger strike halal, I mean what if you die?

I think not haram.because you know conditions of gunatanmo is not better for life of human...so they can do to hunger strike..

 

[Woodrow]

That hunger strike is over 2 years ago and has long ended. I do not know what the outcome was. At ther present time there is another hunger strike going on at Gitmo. This time it involves 3 people. The Canadian government and the Canadian people are taking an interest in it.

http://solidarityacrossborders.blogspot.com/2007/01/guantanamo-north-hunger-strike-update.html

 

[Woodrow]

I read a bit further. The hunger strike mentioned by the original poster ended after 79 days in 2005. This current one the 3 Detainees are no longer at Gitmo in Cuba, but have been transfered to Canada and that is where their hunger strike is taking place.

 

[Sweetness]

I dont know, it must be really hard to do a hunger strike. I dont think I would have the will power to do it.

 

[aLiTTLeTiMe]

I hope gitmo wıll be closed...