Attorneys for the detainees claim 100 of the 166 inmates are on a hunger strike, but a spokesman for the camp said that number and the allegations behind the strike are “outright falsehoods.”
According to military sources there are now 25 detainees on a huger strike at Guantanamo Bay. According to attorneys the hunger strike is because of two issues, “claims that the guards are searching and desecrating Qur’an (which Gitmo officials deny) and general frustration that they’ve been held for 11 years without charge.” The Pentagon considers a prisoner to be on a hunger strike when they skip 9 straight meals.
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