Guantanamo hunger strike for Geneva Convention standards

aljazeera: Some 87 [db:see Guardian report below of 200] detainees held by the US military at Guantanamo Bay have begun the second month of hunger strikes to pressure authorities into adhering to Geneva Convention standards.

Military spokesman Sergeant Justin Behrens told journalists on Friday that the number of prisoners on strike was decreasing, though ten prisoners had to be fed through nose tubes but were in "stable" condition.

"Ninety-two was the max on hunger strike but it has now dropped down to 87," Behrens said. "Ten of them are being fed through medical assist."

The hunger strike began on 8 August, when the military initially said 76 inmates were refusing food. Read more

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