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Red Cross slams force-feeding in Gitmo

Red Cross slams force-feeding in Gitmo

The Red Cross has condemned the force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, while urging a solution to the plight of inmates at the prison.

According to IRIB, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer urged US President Barack Obama on Thursday to resolve the ongoing legal limbo of prisoners held at the US prison in Cuba.
Maurer has held talks with Obama and other top US officials in Washington this week, while Red Cross representatives monitored and reported the crisis involving dozens of detainees in the notorious prison.
Maurer said “There is a discrepancy between the position of the United States and the ICRC,” adding that Red Cross doctors agreed with international medical groups who have denounced the act of force-feeding prisoners.
Maurer said “If we see a hunger strike today, we interpret this as a symptom, as an indicator about the lack of perspective that those detainees have, the impression of an American government which does not follow up on promises, promises that have been made on transfers.”
Maurer further criticized the US over its failed procedures at Guantanamo including improper reviews of prisoners’ cases and delays in repatriating those who no longer posed a security risk.

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