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in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Judge Orders Government to Release Videos of Guantanamo Force-Feedings

Cora Currier
in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Judge Orders Government to Release Videos of Guantanamo Force-Feedings

Cora Currier
in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Judge Orders Government to Release Videos of Guantanamo Force-Feedings

Cora Currier
Videos showing force-feedings of a hunger-striking Guantanamo detainee must be publicly aired, a federal judge ordered this afternoon. Lawyers for Syrian Abu Wa’el Dhiab, who has been held at Guantanamo since 2002 and has been refusing food for the last 18 months, have characterized the footage as “extremely disturbing.” Dhiab is asking the U.S. District Court […]
FILE - In this photo Nov. 20, 2013 file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. Navy nurse stands next to a chair with restraints, used for force-feeding, and a tray displaying nutritional shakes, a tube for feeding through the nose, and lubricants, including a jar of olive oil, during a tour of the detainee hospital at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Attorneys for a Syrian prisoner have begun studying hours of video showing him being removed from his cell, placed in a restraint chair and fed by a tube with liquid nutrients. They are looking for evidence of what he has portrayed to them as abusive force-feeding, akin to torture, during the months that he has participated in a hunger strike that drew the attention of President Barack Obama and led to a renewed effort to close the prison. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Judge Rebukes Government, Keeps Gitmo Force-Feeding Hearing Open

Cora Currier
FILE - In this photo Nov. 20, 2013 file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. Navy nurse stands next to a chair with restraints, used for force-feeding, and a tray displaying nutritional shakes, a tube for feeding through the nose, and lubricants, including a jar of olive oil, during a tour of the detainee hospital at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Attorneys for a Syrian prisoner have begun studying hours of video showing him being removed from his cell, placed in a restraint chair and fed by a tube with liquid nutrients. They are looking for evidence of what he has portrayed to them as abusive force-feeding, akin to torture, during the months that he has participated in a hunger strike that drew the attention of President Barack Obama and led to a renewed effort to close the prison. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Judge Rebukes Government, Keeps Gitmo Force-Feeding Hearing Open

Cora Currier
FILE - In this photo Nov. 20, 2013 file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. Navy nurse stands next to a chair with restraints, used for force-feeding, and a tray displaying nutritional shakes, a tube for feeding through the nose, and lubricants, including a jar of olive oil, during a tour of the detainee hospital at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Attorneys for a Syrian prisoner have begun studying hours of video showing him being removed from his cell, placed in a restraint chair and fed by a tube with liquid nutrients. They are looking for evidence of what he has portrayed to them as abusive force-feeding, akin to torture, during the months that he has participated in a hunger strike that drew the attention of President Barack Obama and led to a renewed effort to close the prison. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Judge Rebukes Government, Keeps Gitmo Force-Feeding Hearing Open

Cora Currier
Federal judge called the government’s desire to close the proceedings “deeply troubling.”
Example of feeding tube used to force feed detainees at Camp DeltaGuantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba - May 2012 (Rex Features via AP Images)

The Government Wants Guantanamo Force-Feeding Hearing Kept Secret

Cora Currier
Example of feeding tube used to force feed detainees at Camp DeltaGuantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba - May 2012 (Rex Features via AP Images)

The Government Wants Guantanamo Force-Feeding Hearing Kept Secret

Cora Currier
Example of feeding tube used to force feed detainees at Camp DeltaGuantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba - May 2012 (Rex Features via AP Images)

The Government Wants Guantanamo Force-Feeding Hearing Kept Secret

Cora Currier
A hunger-striking Guantanamo detainee is attempting to expose painful force-feedings.
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