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Rally marks 100 days of Guantanamo hunger strike

2013-05-18 47 Dailymotion

Demonstrators rally in New York marking 100 days that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have been on hunger strike.<br/> <br />Around 100 inmates at the centre in Cuba are refusing to eat in protest against being detained for years without trial.<br/> <br />Some are being forced-fed to keep them alive.<br/> <br />The strike has sparked fresh outrage from activists who say Obama is failing on his pledge to shut the prison.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: (English) BEN CASE, PROTESTER AND KICKBOXER, SAYING:<br/> <br />"As far as I can tell, President Obama wants to say that Congress is holding him up or these laws or it's complicated. As far as I can tell it's not complicated. It's a military prison down there and President Obama is the Commander in Chief of the military. As far as I can tell he has to pick up his phone and call someone and say: 'close the prison'. So we are asking him to do that."<br/> <br />The hunger strike began in February after guards seized belongings during a search.<br/> <br />It's not the first time the strikes

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