To: President Donald Trump
President Obama ~ Stop the Gitmo Force Feedings
Dear President Obama,
By all that is good and all is holy, please stop the force-feedings in Gitmo in violation of internaitonal law. While you are at it please do the right thing and close Gitmo.
U.S. District Court Judge Kessler wrote, that only you President Obama have the authority “to directly address the issue of force-feeding the detainees.”
President Obama, I call on you today to do the right thing and stop the force-feedings in Gitmo in violation of international law.
By all that is good and all is holy, please stop the force-feedings in Gitmo in violation of internaitonal law. While you are at it please do the right thing and close Gitmo.
U.S. District Court Judge Kessler wrote, that only you President Obama have the authority “to directly address the issue of force-feeding the detainees.”
President Obama, I call on you today to do the right thing and stop the force-feedings in Gitmo in violation of international law.
Why is this important?
The US military holds 166 foreign captives at the detention camp in Guantanamo Bay. According to the latest official figures 106 are currently participating in a hunger strike in protest over their continued detention, with 45 being force-fed as of July 8, 2013.