Guantanamo hunger strike under renewed scrutiny as lawyers get video of prisoner treatment
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Nov. 20, 2013: A U.S. Navy nurse stands next to a chair with restraints, used for force-feeding, and a tray displaying nutritional shakes, a tube for feeding through the nose, and lubricants, including a jar of olive oil, during a tour of the detainee hospital at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. (AP)
The U.S. military insists it employs only humane methods to keep hunger-striking prisoners alive at Guantanamo. That assertion is under new scrutiny this weekend due to a judicial order.
Attorneys for a Syrian prisoner have begun studying hours of video showing him being removed from his cell, placed in a restraint chair and fed through a tube.
They are looking for evidence of what he has portrayed as abusive force-feeding, akin to torture during a hunger strike.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler has ordered the military to turn over 34 videos of Dhiab being removed from his cell and fed. She has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday to discuss the status of the case.