A prisoner currently on hunger strike in Guantanamo Bay has described the pain and discomfort of the force feeding regime at the jail.
Algerian detainee Ahmed Belbacha, in testimony given to the BBC, said the process "hurts a great deal" and many prisoners vomit.
He has been held at the US military prison in Cuba for 11 years, but was cleared for release 6 years ago.
Doctors have called for the detainees to receive independent medical care.
On Wednesday, The Lancet published a letter signed by more than 150 doctors and medical professionals to US President Barack Obama saying the hunger strikers needed doctors they could trust.
archer wrote: I thought conservatives were against any plan to close Guantanamo
Well... when you stereotype conservatives the way you always do... then I guess you're right. If you respect me, then you would understand that I'm not a drone... and that you are dead wrong. Won't be the last time.
The Liberals GOP Twin wrote: I was really on the same page with the President on this issue.
In what he thought or what he actually did? Mixed bag on Gitmo. It is a handy place to store undetermineds but leaving these people in limbo for decades is inhumane especially with some of them being innocents.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Right now most of them haven't been tried. If they finally got trials some would be judged innocent and some might get time served. Some could also serve sentences in native countries and see families.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
The poor man has been cleared for release years ago but Team Obama lets him rot.
