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Jason Leopold, Truthout: 'Within the past month, more than 15 Guantanamo detainees protested an indefinite detention order signed by President Barack Obama in March that resulted in their relocation to another camp at the prison facility - where they said the conditions are worse - by staging a hunger strike, Truthout has learned. Two detainees involved in the hunger strike have lost about 25 pounds, according to their attorneys. Tanya Bradsher, a Department of Defense (DoD) spokeswoman, confirmed detainees staged a hunger strike, but she put the number at 'less than ten.'

http://www.truth-out.org/guantanamo-detainees-hunger-strike-protest-confinement-conditions/1304092655

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Telegraph names alleged rape victim in full Guantánamo release

One of the documents published by the Telegraph today includes the full name of a boy detained at Guantánamo who, according to the file, was raped at the age of 15, just prior to being transferred to the camp.

http://bit.ly/l5pla1


From Information Clearing House



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