Gitmo Prisoner Tells of ‘Torture’
In a rare interview with the BBC, the Guantanamo detainee says that the force-feeding of hunger strikers amounts to torture: "Death in this situation is better than being alive and staying here without hope," he says.BBC
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A Kuwaiti man being held at Guantanamo Bay has told the BBC in a rare interview that the force-feeding of hunger strikers amounts to torture.
Fawzi al-Odah said hunger strikers were strapped to a chair and force-fed through a tube three times a day.
A senior US official denied the use of torture in Guantanamo Bay.
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