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Guantánamo prisoner 'just a skeleton', attorney says in push for care


August 5, 2014 -A Guantánamo Bay prisoner from Syria cleared for release in 2009 has seen his health deteriorate amid a hunger strike and needs urgent, independent medical examination, his attorney said Tuesday. Abu Wa’el Dhiab, 43, has been on a hunger strike since February 2013, with only a brief interruption earlier this year when he thought he was going home, said Cori Crider, an attorney and a director for the British legal rights group Reprieve. Crider has filed a request seeking an independent medical evaluation for Dhiab and said she expects a judge to respond this week...

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Guantánamo prisoner 'just a skeleton', attorney says in push for care

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A US naval medic explains the feeding chair at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images


Lawyer for Abu Wa’el Dhiab presses to stop controversial force-feeding of hunger striking Syrian inmate at military facility


August 5, 2014

A Guantánamo Bay prisoner from Syria cleared for release in 2009 has seen his health deteriorate amid a hunger strike and needs urgent, independent medical examination, his attorney said Tuesday.

Abu Wa’el Dhiab, 43, has been on a hunger strike since February 2013, with only a brief interruption earlier this year when he thought he was going home, said Cori Crider, an attorney and a director for the British legal rights group Reprieve.

Crider has filed a request seeking an independent medical evaluation for Dhiab and said she expects a judge to respond this week.

"He is just withering as a human being," Crider said in a phone interview from London, adding that she became concerned after meeting with him last week. "He was a skeleton … He’s just lying flat on the ground because he doesn’t have the strength."

Dhiab is one of six prisoners whom the US government has agreed to resettle in the South American country of Uruguay. It is unclear when exactly the transfer would take place.

Dhiab also is seeking an end to force-feedings and is awaiting a ruling in that case, Crider said. A judge previously issued a temporary order prohibiting the procedure, finding that Dhiab was being fed in a way that caused "unnecessary suffering", but the order was later lifted to protect him from starvation.

The US military has said it uses humane methods to keep hunger-striking prisoners alive, but a federal judge recently ordered officials to review Dhiab’s case after he complained.

Crider said officials also have denied Dhiab the use of a wheelchair except for appointments, noting that he is often led forcefully to feedings, a practice that he is fighting in court. She said sometimes he remains in his cell and drinks a supplement that they normally feed through his nose as part of force-feedings that occur twice daily.

"The way they’re dealing with hunger strikers is totally unacceptable," she said.

Guantanamo spokesman navy captain Tom Gresback did not respond to a message seeking comment.

Hunger strikes at Guantanamo began shortly after the prison opened in 2002, with force-feeding starting in early 2006 after a mass hunger strike. A new strike began in February 2013, with more than 100 of 154 prisoners participating at one point. There are currently 149 prisoners at the detention center, and Crider has said the legal team believes roughly 34 are on hunger strike and some 18 meet the guidelines for feedings.

The US military has declined to reveal the number of hunger strikers since December.




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