The U.S. Guantanamo prison was established by the Bush administration in 2002.
Of the 166 detainees, over 100 are refusing to eat as a form of protest. Some simply want die.
RT reports, the weakened state of the inmates has led to the authorities force-feeding them through nasal tubes – a practice which was condemned by the U.N.’s human rights office and has been declared a form of torture.
One Guantanamo Bay prisoner, Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel, who has been detained since 2002, submitted a story to the New York Times, via his attorney and an Arabic translator. Moqbel who is on hunger strike, spoke about the forced feeding: “I will never forget the first time they passed the feeding tube up my nose. I can’t describe how painful it is to be force-fed this way.
As it was thrust in, it made me feel like throwing up. I wanted to vomit, but I couldn’t. There was agony in my chest, throat and stomach. I had never experienced such pain before. I would not wish this cruel punishment upon anyone.” Another detainee said as soon as the tube hits his throat, tears come streaming down from the pain.
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