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US military must be allowed to force-feed Guantánamo detainee, judge rules
Source: Associated Press
US military must be allowed to force-feed Guantánamo detainee, judge rules
Associated Press in Washington
theguardian.com, Friday 23 May 2014 18.19 BST
A federal judge has lifted a temporary restraining order that had stopped the US military from force feeding a hunger-striking prisoner at Guantanamo Bay naval base, saying the man's life hangs in the balance.
Late Thursday night, US district judge Gladys Kessler said the military must be allowed to carry out force feeding in the case of Abu Wa'el Dhiab because of the "very real probability that Mr Dhiab will die."
Lawyers for Dhiab are challenging force feeding during the hunger strike as abusive.
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Kessler says the detainee is willing to be fed at a hospital at Guantanamo Bay if he can be spared what the judge calls the agony of having feeding tubes inserted and removed for each feeding. The judge says the Defense Department refused to make any compromise from current procedure.
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Associated Press in Washington
theguardian.com, Friday 23 May 2014 18.19 BST
A federal judge has lifted a temporary restraining order that had stopped the US military from force feeding a hunger-striking prisoner at Guantanamo Bay naval base, saying the man's life hangs in the balance.
Late Thursday night, US district judge Gladys Kessler said the military must be allowed to carry out force feeding in the case of Abu Wa'el Dhiab because of the "very real probability that Mr Dhiab will die."
Lawyers for Dhiab are challenging force feeding during the hunger strike as abusive.
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Kessler says the detainee is willing to be fed at a hospital at Guantanamo Bay if he can be spared what the judge calls the agony of having feeding tubes inserted and removed for each feeding. The judge says the Defense Department refused to make any compromise from current procedure.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/23/us-military-force-feeding-guantanamo-detainee-judge
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