Gitmo Hunger Strike: Bigger Than You Think
Let the truth ring on Guantanamo Bay - The Obama Administration was on the defensive last week as an intensifying hunger strike among the detainees at Guantanamo Bay finally reached international attention. Notably, it’s put into stark relief the fact that nearly half of the prisoners there have been cleared for release, but the White House – which once promised to close the facility – has done virtually nothing to find them a way out. For those Americans who might be hearing this for the first time, these are startling circumstances that fly in the face of our constitutional, even western traditions – imprisoning men without charge, some for 11 years, with no hope of freedom. Like it or not, this puts us square in the same league as the regimes with whom we have fought for the last decade, spilling blood and treasure to "liberate" other people.
Jason Ditz: Three Hospitalized as Gitmo Hunger Strike Continues to Worsen
Stephen Lendman: Expanding Guantanamo
New York Times: More Join Hunger Strike at Guantánamo Prison