Inside Guantanamo’s Force-Feeding Quagmire

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Dozens of hunger strikers at Guantánamo Bay are being kept alive with a painful, ethically questionable, and politically sensitive medical procedure.

Published Jun. 20 2013 4:45AM EDT

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With the White House’s appointment of Clifford Sloan to head the Office of Guantánamo Closure, many hope that the end one of the darker chapters in American history is finally near.

David Remes, a human-rights lawyer representing 18 detainees at Guantánamo, says that hope is a false one.

Abby Haglage

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Inside Guantanamo’s Force-Feeding Quagmire

Dozens of hunger strikers at Guantánamo Bay are being kept alive with a painful, ethically questionable, and politically sensitive medical procedure.

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Abby Haglage