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  • Lawyer Says Gitmo Detainees Force-Fed

    02/09/2006 1:37:29 PM PST · by Daralundy · 35 replies · 780+ views
    Associated Press via ABC News ^ | February 9, 2006 | BEN FOX
    Lawyer for Gitmo Detainees Say Forced-Feeding Caused Drop in Number of Hunger Strikers SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A lawyer for detainees at Guantanamo Bay said Thursday that the military has used increasingly harsh methods, including strapping prisoners to a special chair, to force-feed those on hunger strike and persuade them to end their protest. Military personnel have strapped the striking detainees into a "restraint chair" to aggressively force-feed hunger strikers, Tom Wilner said. The attorney returned from the prison at the U.S. base in eastern Cuba last week and had his notes declassified by the government late Wednesday. The...