Ah, time was when we worried about the Guantanamo Bay detainees, their rights and their deprivations. But larger storms have stolen the headlines, and even the Iraq war is a bit neglected these days.
Anyway, it turns out that the nearly half the Gitmo inmates are on a hunger-strike demanding better conditions and proper legal recourse. They're avoiding force-feeding by flushing the occasional meal, and Amnesty worries that they're falling into dangerous levels of ill health and may starve themselves to death. There may not be enough press attention to go around, which would only compound the injustices already heaped on these forgotten humans.
(via Rebecca's Pocket)
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