Force-feeding in Gitmo (1)

1 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-10-27 02:17 ID:W355yYkN

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-10-26T214653Z_01_KRA678365_RTRUKOC_0_US-SECURITY-GUANTANAMO.xml
"Kessler stated in her opinion that the detainees' lawyers had presented "deeply troubling" allegations of forced feedings in which U.S. personnel violently shoved tubes as thick as a finger through the men's noses and into their stomachs without anesthesia or sedatives."

"Julia Tarver, a lawyer for the detainees, had told the court she learned during a visit to the base several weeks ago of force-feedings that caused prisoners to vomit blood. Tarver wrote, "When they vomited up blood, the soldiers mocked and cursed at them, and taunted them with statements like 'look what your religion has brought you.'""

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