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Hunger Strike
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Guantanamo’s Refugees Released to Uruguay Still Seeking Relief
The US, which held the men without charge or trial for more than a decade, was absent from negotiations between Uruguay and the former prisoners.
Mothers Sue Over Alleged Retaliation at Karnes Immigrant Family Jail
Asylum-seeking mothers detained at an immigrant family jail in Texas alleged retaliation after their hunger strike.
Mothers Vow to Renew Hunger Strike at Immigrant Family Jail in Texas
ICE officials reportedly released one family who were allegedly isolated in the medical clinic.
Freed After Hunger Strike, Egyptian Journalist in US to Campaign for Jailed Colleagues
Abdullah Elshamy, an Al Jazeera journalist, speaks about his release from an Egyptian prison after his sustained five-month hunger strike.
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A Year After Mass Hunger Strike in California Prisons, What’s Changed?
Last July, 30,000 California prisoners went on hunger strike. Some have been released from solitary and correctional authorities continue a review process as a class-action lawsuit by prisoners goes …
Torture in American Prisons – Class Action Law Suit Approved
There has been a lot of press about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and his torture and captivity in Afghanistan. There's very little talk about torture that goes on within the …
Force-Feeding Videos Sought by Second Guantánamo Hunger-Striker Thought to Show ‘Gratuitous Brutality’
Lawyers for Mohammad Ahmad Ghulam Rabbani, a Pakistani father of three held for over a decade without charge in Guantu00e1namo Bay, have today sought a court order compelling the …
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Three Things You Can Do Today to Participate in the Campaign to Close Guantanamo
“We are inviting you to join WAT's Friday Fast for Justice. If you join the fast, we would ask you to: fast on Friday, in any form you like.”
Solitary Confinement is Torture and Must Stop Now
Across the United States and the world, there is an emerging movement calling for the end of solitary confinement.
Retaliation Measures Taken at Texas Migrant Jail Over Hunger Strike
Immigrant detainees at migrant jails in Conroe, Texas, and Tacoma, Washington, are hunger striking.