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Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) Video Demonstrates Force-Feeding Torture of Guantánamo Prisoners
July 9, 2013 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
As of July 5, more than 120 men being held at the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo have been on hunger strike in protest of their indefinite detention for 150 consecutive days. Forty-four of the men are being force-fed by their captors.
In a new video released by the British prisoner rights group Reprieve, rapper and actor Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) graphically demonstrates what the Guantánamo prisoners are subjected to when they are force-fed. Major medical organizations around the world, including the American Medical Association, have condemned the force-feeding of prisoners who engage in protest through hunger strikes. But Obama and the U.S. government continue to carry out this outrage. As this video makes vividly clear, these prisoners are being tortured at the hands of the U.S.
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