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July 10, 2013
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WATCH: This is What Torture Really Looks Like

As Ramadan begins, more than 100 hunger-strikers in Guantánamo Bay continue their protest. More than 40 of them are being force-fed. A leaked document sets out the military instructions, or standard operating procedure, for force-feeding detainees. In this four-minute film made by Human Rights organisation Reprieve and Bafta award-winning director Asif Kapadia, US actor and rapper Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def), experiences the procedure used on the detainees.

Scroll down to watch the video. Warning: some viewers may find these images distressing. I certainly did.

Read more about Ramadan force-feeding at Guantánamo Bay here.



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Natasha Lipman
Natasha is the Founder & Director of the International Political Forum. She is also a Virgin Media Pioneer, Huffington Post blogger, and alumni of the British Council's Global Changemakers programme.
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  1. WATCH: That Is What Torture Really Looks Like

    […] article was originally published on InternationalPoliticalForum.com by Natasha […]

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    July 16, 2013 at 3:51 pm


  2. WATCH: Video Animation of Guantánamo Bay Hunger Strikers | International Political Forum

    […] spring. 16 of these prisoners are being force fed, using methods that can only be described as torture. Two others are treated in the prison hospital. In this video animation actors David Morrissey and […]

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    October 14, 2013 at 10:23 am



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