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1 hr ago | Russia Taday

100 days of hunger: Anonymous stands up for Gitmo prisoners

Over the last three days Anonymous 'Operation Guantanamo' hashtags #OpGITMO and #GTMO have skyrocketed in popularity on Twitter, drawing attention to the 100th day of the inmates' hunger strike, as their protest becomes a question of life and death.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Twitter, Activism

8 hrs ago | Christian Science Monitor

Obama to detail terrorism policy including drone attacks and Guantanamo Bay prison

Activists mark the 100th day of a prisoners' hunger strike at GuantA namo Bay during a protest in front of the White House in Washington Friday.

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Related Topix: Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism, US Military Prisons, US News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

Sat May 18, 2013

Salon

Gitmo hunger strike reaches 100th day

Detainees at Guantanamo Bay prison camp on Friday reached the 100th day of a hunger strike that began in February and has grown to include more than 100 inmates.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US News, Guantanamo Bay, Activism, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul

Fri May 17, 2013

The Skanner

VIDEO: Guantanamo: Costing $150 Million a Year and Untold Damage to U.S. Reputation

And every day, up to 100 of the 166 inmates send them back. They're protesting their ongoing imprisonment by going on hunger strikes for what is now 100 days.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay, US News

The Las Vegas Sun

Lawyer names Guantanamo prisoner struck in clash

A lawyer is identifying one of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners who was shot with non-lethal rounds in a recent clash at the prison and says the wounds were more significant than portrayed by U.S. officials.

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Related Topix: US News

San Francisco Bay View

100th day of the hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay

Reportedly over 130 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have entered the 100th day of the hunger strike protesting their infinite detention.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Guantanamo Bay, US News, Cuba, World News, US Military, US Navy, Concord, CA

Russia Taday

OpGTMO: Zero hour to Anonymous global anti-Gitmo action nears

The hacktivist collective Anonymous is set to launch 'Operation Guantanamo' to mark 100 days of the Gitmo hunger strike with a series of "twitterstorms, email bombs and fax bombs." The three day campaign, which kicks off on Friday, is intended to "Raise Awareness in social media of the human rights violations going on at Guantanamo, the indefinite ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Guantanamo Bay

Thu May 16, 2013

War Is A Crime

If We Don't Speak Out Now, When Will We?

John Cusack, Wallace Shawn, Junot Diaz, Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg, Eve Ensler, Dave Eggers, Glenn Greenwald, Paul Haggis, Bianca Jagger, Ariel Dorfman, Erica Jong, Michael Moore, Ron Kovic, Moby, Tom Morello, Mark Ruffalo, Nancy Kricorian, James Schamus, Carl Dix, Oliver Stone, Cindy Sheehan, and Cornel West, joined by attorneys for the ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US News, Liberal Political News

Russia Taday

Hunger games: Critical health fears as Gitmo strike marks Day 100

Five critical, 30 force-fed, 100 to 130 taking part - data that makes for grim reading as the Guantanamo hunger strike enters its 100th day.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US News, Guantanamo Bay

Wed May 15, 2013

Russia Taday

Gitmo prison must be closed down ASAP - Russian human rights envoy

Moscow has expressed concern over Guantanamo and the fate of a Russian inmate held there.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, US News, Opinion

Common Dreams

Lawyers: Abusive Cavity Searches at Gitmo Designed to Quell Ongoing Hunger Strike

In the latest news from Guantanamo Bay, detainees' lawyers are saying that the prisoners are now being forced to undergo intrusive body cavity searches before they can speak to their lawyers.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US News, Guantanamo Bay, World News, Yemen, Middle East, Liberal Political News

CNN

Gitmo detainees hurl insults, excrement

For the 160-plus inmates at the U.S. prison camp here, each sunrise brings a new day that most would rather starve than endure.

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Related Topix: Guantanamo Bay, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US News, Cuba, World News,

Tue May 14, 2013

SFGate

Gitmo prisoner: Obama has 'abandoned' detainees

In this March 30, 2010, file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, a U.S. trooper stands in the turret of a vehicle with a machine gun, left, as a guard looks out from a tower at the detention facility of Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Guantanamo Bay, US News, US Military, US Navy

WTOP-FM Washington

Gitmo prisoner: Obama has 'abandoned' detainees

In this Jan. 14, 2011, file photo human rights activists, hooded and wearing orange prison garb to represent prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, demonstrate in front of the White House in Washington because the prison has not been closed down by President Obama.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Guantanamo Bay, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama

Mon May 13, 2013

Muncie Free Press

Big Media: The Star Press Ignores Protest, Plight of Gitmo Prisoners on Hunger Strike

A hunger strike by a local activist began Monday in order to try to increase media coverage of the same action inmates at Guantanamo Bay have undertaken after being held for years without any rights.

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Related Topix: US News, Guantanamo Bay, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Muncie, IN

The Atlantic

Imams, Saunas, and Art Therapy: A Brief History of Jihadi Rehab Programs

Mohammed Jawad, one of the youngest detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is photographed at a family home in Kabul August 25, 2009, the morning after he returned to Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: Guantanamo Bay, World News, Afghanistan, Asia, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US News

Common Dreams

Military's 'Force-Feeding Manual' Reveals Brutality of Gitmo

A "feeding chair" in the Guantanamo medical wing where hunger-striking detainees are force fed.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US News, Guantanamo Bay, Liberal Political News

Sun May 12, 2013

The Republic

Column: President Obama, shut down Gitmo - now

The ongoing hunger strike by detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp is doing exactly what a nonviolent protest is intended to do: call attention to the plight and grievances of those who feel they are being treated unjustly.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, US News, Prison, Guantanamo Bay

Examiner.com

Guantanamo hunger strike to expose Ensure as a health hazard

Images emerging Friday from inside Guantanamo Bay Detention Center may ultimately backfire on "Ensure" manufacturer, as hunger-striker's conditions worsen.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay

OpEdNews

Time Running Out On Obama To Act as Guantanamo Prisoners Weaken

Next May 17th will mark the 100th day more than 100 of Guantanamo's 166 remaining prisoners will have refused food.

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Related Topix: US News, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Guantanamo Bay, Liberal Political News