The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied an application for atemporary injunction against force-feeding prisoners at Guantanamo Bay who areon hunger strike. In a decision issued Tuesday, the court said issuing atemporary halt to the procedure, which has been likened to torture, would causethe petitioners to "very well die before" a final decision by thecourts was reached. "Given that the risk of error is greater if apreliminary injunction is granted than if it is denied, we conclude...that thebalance of equities and public interest support denying petitioners' requestfor interim relief."
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