Guantanamo Hunger Strike comes to an end

The story I chose was from the New York Times and was declaring an end to the 6 month long hunger strike at Guantánamo bay. The hunger strike was allegedly started by just 6 inmates who were complaining over constant cell searches where guards would search through the inmates Korans. In which the inmates consider sacrilegious. The military said that the followed all the correct procedures in which they had Muslim linguists search the Korans. The hunger strike quickly spread to which were last reported 106 out of the 166 inmates. The military is reporting that the hunger strike has reached the end in which only 16 of the inmates are still participating. The military feels like the real underlined cause of the hunger strike was the inmates being unsure if they were ever going to go home alive. The connection I found between this story and our class is that our government is directly in charge of the daily operations at Guantánamo bay which is run by our military. It is important for citizens of the US to stay informed on all issues pertaining to Guantánamo bay, as mistreatment of the prisons inmates could start some major disputes with other countries

 

 

Guantánamo Hunger Strike Largely Over, U.S. Says (The New York Times)