Mon, Nov-21-16, 13:58
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Plan: DDF
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Progress: 72%
Location: San Diego, CA
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No, not all hunger strikers are force-fed. Force-feeding is very controversial. If they were force-fed, they wouldn't be showing the effects of starvation. The article I linked was specifically about hunger-strikers that were allowed to starve and what happens to them during the course of their hunger strike.
Specifically the article I cited says:
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Hunger strikes and medical ethics
The medical ethics of forced feeding are also a subject of controversy. "The situation at Guantanamo Bay is unique and has been characterized as a 'legal black hole,'" according to a commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Because "restraints reportedly have been and continue to be used to immobilize competent prisoners … force-feeding at Guantanamo Bay violates the Geneva Conventions, international human rights law and medical ethics," the authors wrote.
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