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Right or Wrong, Force-Feeding Is Ugly: An Illustrated Guide

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Hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay are being kept alive with a painful, ethically questionable, and politically sensitive procedure. Here, in excruciating detail, is how it works.

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Prisoners say it’s unbearably awful. One lawyer calls it ‘brutal, inhuman, and merciless.’ A recent article in a medical journal called it ‘aggravated assault.’ What exactly is force-feeding, and should the U.S.

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