{"id":4129,"date":"2017-02-08T10:49:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T15:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reprieveus.flywheelsites.com\/?page_id=4129"},"modified":"2017-07-21T09:00:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T13:00:18","slug":"david-vs-goliath-litigation-challenging-force-feeding-torture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/us\/2017\/02\/08\/david-vs-goliath-litigation-challenging-force-feeding-torture\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018David vs Goliath\u2019 Litigation \u2013 challenging force-feeding \u2018torture\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2013, detainees began a mass hunger strike to peacefully protest their detention and harsh treatment by camp guards.\u00a0Many of the hunger-strikers were violently force-fed against their will &#8211; the video below shows\u00a0Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) undergoing the Standard Operating Procedure for force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4hQ5xz_5to4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" align=\"middle\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reprieve launched the first ever US legal challenge to abusive methods of force-feeding at Guant\u00e1namo Bay on behalf of hunger-striking detainees. With the support of\u00a016 major media organizations, we are litigating for the government to release secret force-feeding videotapes from the prison.\u00a0In July 2014, Judge Kessler ordered the US government to produce the video footage of our client, Mr Dhiab, being dragged from his cell and abusively force-fed. The\u00a0Obama Administration \u00a0appealed this decision. 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