Analysis: In force-feeding detainees, Obama has courts on his side
WASHINGTON/MIAMI (Reuters) - As detainees at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, press ahead with a widening hunger strike nearly three months old, President Barack Obama has come under...
View ArticleWhy Doctors Oppose Force-Feeding Guantanamo Hunger Strikers
For centuries, the act of refusing food has turned human bodies into effective political bargaining chips. And so it's no surprise that the prisoners desperate to leave Guantanamo after, in some cases,...
View ArticleNavy nurse who refused to force-feed at Guantanamo keeps his job
MIAMI (Tribune News Service) — A Navy nurse who refused to force-feed Guantanamo prisoners will not face a personnel board and is being returned to regular duties, the nurse’s lawyer said Wednesday....
View ArticleU.S. Navy nurse won't force-feed Guantanamo detainees
updated 9:04 PM EDT, Tue July 15, 2014 President Barack Obama signed an executive order on January 22, 2009, to close the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within a year. Five years later,...
View ArticleNurse who refused to force-feed still working at Guantánamo
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, CUBA -- A Navy nurse who refused to tube feed hunger striking prisoners is still assigned to the detention center here but is carrying out administrative duties, the new...
View ArticleU.S. judge halts force-feeding of Guantanamo prisoner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the military from force-feeding a Syrian prisoner on hunger striker at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. It was the first time a...
View ArticleAmerican Medical Association questions Guantanamo force-feedings
MIAMI (Reuters) - The Navy sent extra medical personnel to the Guantanamo detention camp because of a growing hunger strike, and the American Medical Association questioned whether doctors were being...
View ArticleNurse who refused to force-feed sent home from Guantanamo
A Navy nurse who refused to force-feed hunger strikers at Guantánamo has been sent back to the United States with no resolution of his case. The nurse has never been identified. Last month, a lawyer...
View ArticleMilitary Doctors Urged To Refuse Guantanamo Force-Feeding
By Jane Sutton GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba, June 12 (Reuters) - U.S. military doctors should refuse orders to force-feed hunger strikers at the Guantanamo detention camp because it violates...
View ArticleMos Def's force-feeding video riles U.S. medics at Guantanamo Bay
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A video protesting force-feeding at Guantanamo Bay detention camp in which rapper Mos Def is seen struggling and weeping while undergoing the procedure has done...
View ArticleNavy nurse who refused to force-feed still working at Guantánamo
The Miami Herald GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, CUBA — A Navy nurse who refused to tube feed hunger striking prisoners is still assigned to the detention center here but is...
View ArticleAt Guantanamo, force-feeding shrouded in secrecy
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba) (AFP) - Behind the barbed wire of Guantanamo Bay prison, hunger-striking inmates are routinely force-fed, a practice defended by officials as necessary medical...
View ArticleRapper's force-feeding video riles U.S. medics at Guantanamo Bay
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A video protesting force-feeding at Guantanamo Bay detention camp in which rapper Mos Def is seen struggling and weeping while undergoing the procedure...
View ArticleNavy nurse, objecting to force-feeding, sent back to US from Guantanamo
A U.S. Navy nurse who refused to force-feed hunger strikers at the prison in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base has been sent back to the United States with no resolution of his case. The nurse has never been...
View ArticleConcern over force-feeding at Guantanamo Bay
The American Medical Association has questioned whether doctors are being asked to violate their ethics by force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike at the Guantanamo detention camp. The US Navy has...
View ArticleNavy nurse refuses to force-feed Guantánamo captive
In the first known rebellion against Guantánamo’s force-feeding policy, a Navy medical officer recently refused to continue managing tube-feedings of prison hunger strikers and was reassigned to...
View ArticleMilitary doctors urged to refuse force-feeding at Guantanamo
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - U.S. military doctors should refuse orders to force-feed hunger strikers at the Guantanamo detention camp because it violates their ethical obligations,...
View ArticleNavy nurse refused to force-feed Guantanamo Bay terror suspects on hunger strike
Facebook Follow @washtimes What has been the biggest debacle on Obama's watch? View results A Navy medical officer has refused to force-feed terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base,...
View ArticleNavy nurse who refuses to force-feed still working at Guantanamo
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — A Navy nurse who refused to tube feed hunger striking prisoners is still assigned to the detention center here but is carrying out “administrative duties,” the new...
View ArticleNavy nurse who refused to force-feed still working at Guantanamo
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — A Navy nurse who refused to tube feed hunger striking prisoners is still assigned to the detention center here but is carrying out “administrative duties,” the new...
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