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Titolo: [AI]Report of Hunger Strike at Guantamamo

Sciopero della fame a Guantanamo. E ancora una volta, i prigionieri sono 
trattati pessimamente: acqua e cibo contaminati, a volte le guardie - che 
ricevono acqua imbottigliata e quindi pulita -. spaccano le bottiglie 
davanti ai prigionieri; disturbi durante le preghiere, offese e prese in 
giro sul Corano; i detenuti: "O cominciano a trattarci umanamente, o ci 
lasciano morire in pace..."
Saluti,
Miriam
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Report of Hunger Strike at Guantamamo
Stop torture and ill-treatment in the "war on terror"
      An unknown number of detainees at the US prison camp in Guantánamo Bay
Naval Base, Cuba, have reportedly been on hunger strike since around 7 July,
in protest at the conditions in the camp, which amount to cruel, inhuman and
degrading treatment, and the fact that they cannot challenge their detention
through the courts. Amnesty International considers the detention of all the
inmates at Guantánamo Bay to be unlawful and arbitrary.
      A Pentagon spokesman, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Flex Plexico, told Associated
Press on 20 July that he was unaware of a hunger strike at Guantánamo Bay
but would inquire.
      According to information received from detainees in Guantánamo Bay
they are held in solitary confinement for long periods, denied adequate
medical care, and suffer violations of their religious rights by the prison
guards, such as making loudspeaker announcements during the call to prayer,
talking and laughing during prayers, and desecration of the Koran. According
to one of the detainees, the hunger strike is an attempt to make the US
authorities "treat us like humans, or let us die in peace. If their demands
are not met, they say they will starve themselves to death. Another prisoner
also cited the lack of contact with families, dirty drinking water and
inedible food as some of the reasons for the strike. According to one of the
detainees, "All the food is canned, often expired, and inedible, and we are
not given enough food. The water is often dirty and tastes contaminated, and
we are not given bottled or clean water like the guards". sometimes the
guards will bring in a bottle of water and dump it out in front of the
detainees."
      Some reports suggest that the protest was sparked by disparities in
the way that detainees are treated in the different camps which make up the
detention facility at Guantánamo Bay. Camp V, according to the Department of
Defense, is reserved for "high-value intelligence assets" though reports
suggest that detainees who are "uncooperative" are held there, and the
hunger strike appears to be centred there. Modelled on harsh "supermaximum"
security prisons on the US mainland, detainees in Camp V are held in
concrete isolation cells with 24-hour lighting and large, loud fans designed
to prevent detainees talking with each other. Amnesty International received
reports of detainees being confined to these cells for up to 24 hours a day,
only being allowed out to exercise once a week or every two weeks. When they
are allowed out to exercise it is often in the middle of the night, so that
detainees go for months without seeing the sun.
      Consistent reports of torture and ill-treatment have come out of
Guantánamo Bay from a variety of sources, including FBI reports and internal
Department of Defense material obtained by the American Civil Liberties
Union under freedom of information legislation, and statements by the
International Committee of the Red Cross, as well as from detainees. Most
recently evidence emerged of the torture of Mohamed C., a Chadian national
who was taken into US custody when he was 15 years old. He was reportedly
hung from hooks and beaten, for up to eight hours at a time. He was also
subjected to sleep deprivation, extreme heat and cold, and prolonged periods
of solitary confinement.
      BACKGROUND INFORMATION
      Detainees held as part of the "War on terror" began to be held in
Guantánamo Bay on 11 January 2002. More than 750 people have since been
detained there, of whom about 500, of some 35 nationalities, remain in the
base. None of the Guantánamo detainees has had the lawfulness of their
detention subjected to judicial review, a year after the US Supreme court
ruled that the US courts have jurisdiction to hear appeals from them. See
the May 2005 report, Guantánamo and beyond: The continuing pursuit of
unchecked executive power, AMR 51/063/2005,
http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGAMR510632005
.
      AMR 51/114/2005

Liberties Union under freedom of information legislation,
Puttanata.
-Stefano

 fame" al quale nemmeno si sa quanti partecipino :)
Vedi sopra: qualunque notizia che non venga direttamente dal Pentagono
e' una puttanata, giusto?
In questo caso "un'altra puttanata di Amnesty" ce lo vogliamo mettere?

e' una puttanata, giusto?
Sbagliato. Qualsiasi notizia che non abbia la minima conferma a sostegno
della stessa e' una emerita "puttanata".
-Stefano

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Ecco una puttanata della BBC; come minima conferma del fatto che sia in
corso uno sciopero della fame citano l'esercito americano stesso.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4704871.stm
Guantanamo detainees refuse food
The US military says the men are being offered food and water
Fifty-two detainees at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba are
staging a hunger strike in protest at their detention and treatment.
So far, the men have refused nine consecutive meals over three days,
the US military said in a statement.
The detainees are being monitored by medical professionals and their
vital signs are being checked daily.
More than 500 inmates are currently being held at Guantanamo. Only four
have been charged.
'Inhumane conditions'
"Indications are that this is a temporary effort by some detainees to
protest their continued detention," the statement said.
On Wednesday, an Afghan man released from the camp after three years
said that more than 100 prisoners had been on hunger strike for two
weeks.
The former Taleban soldier said the protest was aimed at highlighting
"inhuman" conditions at the camp.
However, a lawyer who represents a number of detainees held in
Guantanamo Bay told BBC Pentagon correspondent Adam Brookes that
protests in the prison facilities were already under way by late June.
The lawyer said that they had been prompted by detainees' anger over
the quality of their drinking water.
He said the protests had then expanded in scope and detainees had begun
citing their indefinite detention and inhumane conditions as reasons
for the protest.
The military said the hunger strikers were being monitored by medical
staff and were being admitted to hospital where clinically indicated.
Some were receiving liquids orally and intravenously and all were being
offered food and water.
A military spokesman was unable to say whether any of the treatment was
being administered by force.
International Committee of the Red Cross representatives are travelling
to the Guantanamo Bay prison on Sunday and will be looking into the
situation.

More than 500 inmates are currently being held at Guantanamo.
Cioe' 1/10 dei prigionieri e' in sciopero.  Gli altri saranno gia' morti
di fame e di sete, vista la descrizione di cibo e acqua fatta da AI?
-Stefano

>della fame" al quale nemmeno si sa quanti partecipino :)
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o che stessero morendo di fame o di sete.
E un bel ecchisenefrega ce lo possiamo mettere?
-Stefano


Probabilmente la conferma della BBC e' successiva, Oppure i
rappresentanti dell'esercito US non hanno voluto confermare, quando
parlavano con quei rompiscatole di Amnesty, lo sciopero della fame.
In ogni caso, una conferma esisteva gia' venerdi' 22. Quali
informazioni avevi a tua disposizione lunedi' 25 per affermare nel tuo
post che la notizia del 'fantomatico' sciopero della fame era una
puttanata?
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puttanata?
Le stesse che ho indicato: la notizia non aveva nulla a sostegno.
-Stefano

 puttanata?
La 'puttanata' del De Ce' ha spesso valore preventivo e dissuasivo: non 
sa o non vuole sapere, ma non vuole che la ggente se n'accorga...
Am.

 ma non vuole che la ggente se n'accorga...
Idem come sopra :)
*LOL*
Ma nel tuo caso se ne accorgono tutti della tua ignoranza :)
-Stefano

 -Stefano
Nessuno della tua, puoi dormir tra due guanciali...
Am.