For the second time since July, a group of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp are refusing to eat or drink to protest their imprisonments. The military says that less than fifty of the five hundred detainees are participating. Legal advocates have suggested it could be as high as ninety percent. Join Kojo for an update on conditions in Guantanamo Bay and the implications of hunger strikes.
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Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strikes
Listen Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2005 at 1:06 p.m. in Law, Politics
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Guests
David Remes
Counsel for Guantanamo Detainees; Partner, Covington & Burling
Richard Samp
Chief Counsel, Washington Legal Foundation
Neil Koslowe
Counsel for Guantanamo Detainees; Counsel, Shearman & Sterling
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