Defense Lawyers Move to Block Force-Feeding of Guantánamo Prisoner

Defense Lawyers Move to Block Force-Feeding of Guantánamo Prisoner
The standoff began in June when a detainee accused of conspiring in the Sept. 11 attacks was placed in disciplinary status, away from the other prisoners, and stopped eating.
A model prison cell at the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times
July 12, 2021, 7:57 p.m. ET
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — One of the five men accused of conspiring in the Sept. 11 attacks is refusing to eat after being placed in isolation and has been told he could be force-fed, his lawyers said in a legal filing that asked a military court to intervene.

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