\n the daytime fast and taking nothing by mouth or vein is an
\n essential component of Muslim observance of Ramadan,\u201d<\/span>
\n Durand said.\n <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd for those detainees on Durand went on to explain that those detainees not currently on Despite moves to observe the Muslim traditions of inmates at \n \n As of Tuesday, officials had reported that 106 detainees are On Monday, lawyers representing four Guantanamo detainees filed a Durand\u2019s comments seemed to be prompted by the legal motion, as Both lawyers and inmates had written in their complaint that \u201cPetitioners therefore ask this Though this may be the twelfth year for some inmates observing In response to the worsening situation the US Navy assigned 40 In June, the US Southern Command also requested additional guards Forty-six-year-old Shaker Aamer, from London, who has been held One detainee was recently admitted to hospital after having the \u201cThe administration is getting Aamer also alleged that nurses at the prison are discarding their
\n hunger strike we will ensure that our preservation of life
\n through enteral feeding does not violate the tenets of their
\n faith.\u201d<\/span>\n <\/p>\n
\n hunger strike will have their meals scheduled accordingly. The
\n prison has already \u201claid in
\n supplies of lamb, dates and honey and zamzam water\u201d<\/span> \u2013
\n water from a well in Mecca, according to Durand. The fast will
\n begin at the US prison camp this year at sunset on Monday, July 8
\n and end on Wednesday, August 7.\n <\/p>\n
\n Guantanamo, lawyers representing detainees as well as the
\n advocacy group Council on American-Islamic Relations continue to
\n argue that the practice of force-feeding is inhumane.
\n <\/p>\n![\"Guantanamo](\"http:\/\/rt.com\/files\/news\/1f\/a2\/d0\/00\/36.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
\n still being tracked as hunger strikers, with 45 of those on the
\n enteral feed list, meaning they are force-fed through tubes.\n <\/p>\n
\n motion with the US district court in Washington, DC to end the
\n force-feedings. Affidavits by those prisoners stated that they
\n understood the dangers of hunger striking, and did so voluntarily
\n in protest of their continued incarceration.\n <\/p>\n
\n it had questioned the ability of staff at the detention center to
\n cope with the observance of fasting.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cbecause dozens of Guantanamo
\n Bay detainees are currently being force-fed, it might very well
\n prove to be logistically infeasible to conduct twice-daily
\n force-feedings only at nighttime.\u201d<\/span>\n <\/p>\n
\n Court, at a minimum, to enjoin any force-feeding between sunup
\n and sundown during the month of Ramadan.\u201d<\/span>\n <\/p>\n
\n Ramadan at Guantanamo, the situation this year has been
\n drastically altered by the large scale of the hunger strike, as
\n well as the mandatory force-feedings.\n <\/p>\n
\n additional nurses and medical specialists in late April to cope
\n with larger numbers of hunger strikers since the movement began
\n in February.\n <\/p>\n
\n for the prison, with a goal of reaching a 2,000-strong staff to
\n deal with the 166 inmates, with the hunger strike leaving most
\n prisoners under single-cell lockdown.\n <\/p>\n
\n at the prison camp without charge for over 11 years, recently
\n confirmed to The Guardian newspaper that prison staff are
\n intensifying efforts to try and break hunger strikes by
\n introducing new equipment.\n <\/p>\n
\n feeding tube pushed into his lungs rather than his stomach.\n <\/p>\n
\n ever more angry and doing everything they can to break our hunger
\n strike. Honestly, I wish I was dead,\u201d<\/span> Aamer said from the
\n camp.\n <\/p>\n
\n name tags prior to entering the camp so as not to be identified
\n by prisoners, who could potentially file complaints against them.
\n <\/p>\n