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Mass Hunger Strike at Guantanamo?

HeadlineJul 21, 2005

Two Afghans released from the Guantanamo prison are alleging that about 180 Afghans at the prison camp were on a hunger strike to protest alleged abuse and to push for freedom. They estimated the men were in the 14th or 15th day of their fast. A Washington-based lawyer for 12 detainees from Kuwait, said several prisoners told him during a visit in Guantanamo in late June that there was a “widespread” hunger strike over the amount and quality of their drinking water.

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