[Mb-civic] BBC E-mail: Guantanamo food strike 'serious'

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Clive Stafford Smith, a lawyer for 40 of the detainees, said some of them had been shackled to their beds to stop them removing the feeding tubes. 

The ICRC backs a 1975 declaration that states that doctors should not take part in force-feeding.


** Guantanamo food strike 'serious' **
The situation at Guantanamo Bay - where many detainees are on hunger strike - is serious, says the Red Cross.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/americas/4319880.stm >


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