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Federal court dismisses Guantanamo Bay inmates’ demand to end force-feedings
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/12/federal-court-dismisses-guantanamo-bay-inmates-demand-to-end-force-feedings/
Federal court dismisses Guantanamo Bay inmates’ demand to end force-feedings
By Agence France-Presse
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 16:29 EST
A federal appeals court has granted three Guantanamo inmates the right to challenge their prison conditions but dismissed demands for an end to force-feeding at the military jail.
In a ruling issued Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in the capital Washington found that prison authorities were entitled to “force-feed a starving inmate actually facing the risk of death.”
Guantanamo Bay detainees Ahmed Belbacha, Shaker Aamer and Abu Wa’el Dhiab had argued for the practice of feeding by tubes to be declared illegal, saying it contravened international law and medical ethics.
Authorities at the US naval base in Cuba have fed hunger-striking prisoners by force on a regular basis using tubes inserted through the nose.