Force-Feeding Is Torture

Obama's War Department, who is breaking his campaign promise to close Guantanamo Bay, is force-feeding people who are being held in indefinite detention.  Is this really the land of the free and home of the brave?

What is the purpose of government?  Can government force anyone to eat or drink or work a certain job ... like a slave?


Force Feeding Gitmo Hunger Strikers Violates International Law

President Obama this week defended the US’s policy of force feeding detainees in Guantanamo Bay who are protesting their due process-free indefinite detention by going on a hunger strike.
On Wednesday, UN human rights officials declared that force feeding amounts to torture ...

Stop force-feeding Guantanamo prisoners
... Barack Obama should end the painful and degrading practice of force-feeding prisoners at Guantanamo Bay ... the judge also said there "appears to be a consensus" that force-feeding violates international law, specifically Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which bars "torture or cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment."

U.N. Official Says Gitmo Force-Feeding Violates International Law
A United Nations official called the practice of force-feeding hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay “torture” on Wednesday, adding the world body to a growing list of those concerned over U.S. treatment of detainees there.