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June 3, 2013

Guantánamo Prisoners Pen Open Letter to Military Doctors 
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Hunger striking prisoners at Guantánamo Bay have written an open letter
asking military doctors to stop contributing to what they call "abusive
conditions." The letter calls out the doctors for taking part in
force-feeding and pleads for "independent" medical professionals in
their place. Signed by 13 prisoners, the letter says: "Your dual
loyalties make trusting you impossible. ... You will have to live with
what you have done and not done here at Guantánamo for the rest of your
life. You can make a difference. You can choose to stop actively
contributing to the abusive conditions I am currently enduring." More
than 100 of Guantánamo's 166 prisoners are taking part in the hunger
strike. At least 36 are being force-fed through tubes.

 

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