INQUIRER.net: Hunger strike at Guantanamo after Koran searches

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Hunger strike at Guantanamo after Koran searches Mar 12th 2013, 01:53 WASHINGTON—Detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp have launched a hunger strike to protest interference with their personal effects, including Korans, their lawyers and prison officials said Monday. "My client and other men have reported that most of the detainees in Camp 6 are on strike, except for a small few who are elderly or sick," said Pardiss Kebriaei, a New York lawyer representing Ghaleb Al-Bihani, a Yemeni detainee. Camp 6 houses the majority of the 166 detainees still incarcerated at Guantanamo—estimated at about 130 men—who usually don't pose any disciplinary problems or are regarded as a particular risk. High-profile detainees such as Khalid Sheikh Mo... Keep on reading: Hunger strike at Guantanamo after Koran searches Media files: Guantanamo-Bay-prison.jpg (image/jpeg)

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