Scores on hunger strike at Guantanamo jail

April 24, 2013 01:21

More than half of the men held at the Guantanamo detention camp have joined an escalating hunger strike to protest their open-ended detention, a camp spokesperson has said. The US military counted 84 of the 166 prisoners as hunger strikers by Monday, and was force-feeding 16 of them liquid meals through tubes inserted in their noses and down into their stomachs.

Six were hospitalised for observation, said Lieutenant Colonel Samuel House, a spokesperson for the detention operation at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base in southeastern Cuba. The US military is sending additional medical personnel to the prison camp to handle the hunger strikers, House said on Monday.

Read the full report on Al Jazeera

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

Why Pant Apologised To IPL Cameraman

Rishabh Pant was at his aggressive best as he hammered GT bowlers during his knock of an unbeaten 88.

Rahul, Hema in fray as 89 seats go to polls in 2nd phase

In the second phase of Lok Sabha polls on Friday, polling is scheduled in all 20 seats of Kerala, 14 of the 28 seats in Karnataka, 13 seats in Rajasthan, eight seats each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, seven in Madhya Pradesh, five...

EC seeks BJP's response on Modi's Banswara speech

At the same time, the EC also asked the Congress to respond to complaints filed by the BJP against Kharge and Rahul Gandhi regarding their respective remarks.

JD-U leader shot dead by bike-borne assailants in Patna

The deceased has been identified as Saurav Kumar. Another person accompanying him, Munmun Kumar, was injured in the firing, they said.

Summer Cool: Kareena, Shanaya, Neha...

Time to update your wardrobe with some exciting one-shoulder outfits.