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LONDON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. military is force-feeding 21 Guantanamo Bay prisoners, Amnesty International and the human-rights group Reprieve were told.
The groups heard at a London session that the prisoners, among more than 200 reportedly on a hunger strike, were shackled 24 hours a day to stop them from pulling out feeding tubes.
"Conditions there (Guantanamo Bay) at the best of times are disturbing," lawyer Clive Stafford Smith told the conferees.
Military officials dispute the figures, saying 27 prisoners are "voluntarily fasting" and 20 are in hospital but are "clinically stable and receive nutrition and fluids as needed," the Toronto Globe and Mail said.
The latest hunger strike by prisoners began in August to protest against alleged ill-treatment and the lack of access to a court to challenge their prolonged detention.
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