Muslim leaders urge Obama to stop Gitmo force feeding in Ramadan

A US federal court has condemned the force-feeding of Guantanamo Bay prisoners as a "painful, humiliating and degrading" practice. But at the same hearing - the judge turned down a request from one of the detainees to end the practice - ruling that the ONLY person with the authority to make such a decision is President Obama.

MV Media July 13, 2013 1 min read

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Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPl62ggDDTc

A US federal court has condemned the force-feeding of Guantanamo Bay prisoners as a “painful, humiliating and degrading” practice. But at the same hearing – the judge turned down a request from one of the detainees to end the practice – ruling that the ONLY person with the authority to make such a decision is President Obama. And with no let-up to the situation at Guantanamo, one American hip-hop artist – Mos Def – has decided to voluntarily subject himself to force-feeding. Abby Martin found out how it went, in Breaking the Set.

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