Lawyers Visit Detainees on Hunger Strike

[Judi Lynn]

Lawyers Visit Detainees on Hunger Strike
Five Kuwaitis on Hunger Strike at Guantanamo Have Lost Substantial Weight, Lawyers Say
By BEN FOX Associated Press Writer
The Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Sep 21, 2005 — Five Kuwaiti detainees participating in a hunger strike at the U.S. prison for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have lost substantial weight and were pale and depressed during a recent visit, lawyers said Tuesday.

All five pledged to starve to death unless they are released or brought to trial, and two were being force fed, according to attorneys Tom Wilner and Kristine Huskey, who received a court order allowing them to visit their clients at the base last week.
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One of the force-fed detainees, Fawzi al Odah, could barely sit up while they interviewed him, Wilner said.

Reading from notes of the interview, Wilner quotes al Odah as saying "We have no faith in the courts and this is the only thing we can do. If I die, it will be better than this hell."
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http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1147709

[struggle4progress]

1. kick

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[Auntie Bush]

2. American politicians talk about how other countries are so cruel and

inhumane in their treatment of prisoners. Well not anymore!!!!!We will NEVER hear a complaint like that again. We have totally lost our moral authority and are a bunch of f****** hypocrites.