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Judge Denies Relief Motion from Hunger-Striking Guantánamo Prisoner

HeadlineApr 16, 2013

A federal judge has denied an emergency relief motion from a hunger-striking Guantánamo prisoner despite reports he is dying. A doctor said Yemeni prisoner Musa’ab al-Madhwani’s life could be in “imminent danger” and accused the prison of “deliberate indifference,” saying he had been placed in solitary confinement without daily monitoring after collapsing last week. U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan said he did not have jurisdiction in the case and called the prisoner’s condition “self-manufactured.” Al-Madhwani has been imprisoned for more than a decade and has never been charged with a crime. He is part of a hunger strike that began in February and is reported to include nearly all of Guantánamo’s 166 prisoners.

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