...More than 260 doctors from seven countries have signed a joint letter which is published in this week's edition of the medical journal The Lancet... ..It is claimed prisoners who refuse to eat are put into restraint chairs and feeding tubes are inserted at the US military base near Cuba, and the doctors say those chairs are also banned... ...The World Medical Association specifically prohibits force-feeding in the Declarations of Tokyo and Malta, to which the American Medical Association is a signatory. Amnesty International's UK director Kate Allen said: "This letter must be acted on. "Reports of cruel force-feeding methods at Guantanamo Bay are deeply troubling and only underline the need for independent medical examinations of the prisoners. "Rather than trying to break the hunger strike by forcibly feeding the detainees, the US should respect their human rights by putting an end to arbitrary detention and ensuring access to justice. "Meanwhile, the camp, which has already become a byword for abuse and an indictment of the US government's failure to uphold human rights, should be closed immediately."
6 comments:
If they let them starve, that's cruel. If they feed them, that's cruel, too. Can't win.
But some don't want to leave.
I can't understand how chaining them to the floor for hours in their own piss and excrement whilst playing shite heavy metal to them and flashing lights at them is achieving anything except maaking them think-
what perverse people these US soldiers are to think up something like this. They must worship satan or something.
watch the movie if you get a chance. Its better than Farenheit 9/11.
Christ has left the building.
Amnesty Intl is a joke. If they weren't feeding them, AI would be having the vapours. But then I just got back from the Church of Satan potluck
I suppose you are presuming the inmates would kill you outright for your sexuality and so they deserve everything they get.
You may be right, Jeff.
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