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Another hunger-striking dissident, Guillermo Farinas, was gravely ill.
Spain Betrays Cuba's Dissidents Mary Anastasia O'Grady 2011
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NEW DELHI—Supporters of hunger-striking activist Anna Hazare said their talks with the Indian government over anticorruption legislation hit new roadblocks late Wednesday, erasing earlier progress, even as the septuagenarian's health was becoming a serious concern for both sides on the ninth day of his fast.
Hazare Weakens as India Talks Stumble Amol Sharma 2011
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Another hunger-striking dissident, Guillermo Farinas, was gravely ill.
Spain Betrays Cuba's Dissidents Mary Anastasia O'Grady 2011
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DOJ lawyers would later argue that Ms. Mason's advocacy "resulted in a disruption of camp security and a potential threat to the health of eight hunger-striking detainees."
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DOJ lawyers would later argue that Ms. Mason's advocacy "resulted in a disruption of camp security and a potential threat to the health of eight hunger-striking detainees."
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DOJ lawyers would later argue that Ms. Mason's advocacy "resulted in a disruption of camp security and a potential threat to the health of eight hunger-striking detainees."
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DOJ lawyers would later argue that Ms. Mason's advocacy "resulted in a disruption of camp security and a potential threat to the health of eight hunger-striking detainees."
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Chief medical officer Audi walks us into a clean empty room lined with beds, where hunger-striking detainees are force-fed.
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Chief medical officer Audi walks us into a clean empty room lined with beds, where hunger-striking detainees are force-fed.
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Later today I'll also be posting my own contribution, an analysis of how the Bush administration's torture regime included not only the water-boarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" used on so-called "high-value detainees" and the reverse-engineered torture techniques taught in U.S. military schools, which were implemented throughout the "War on Terror," in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantánamo, but also the brutal force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners in Guantánamo, which continues to this day.
Andy Worthington: Never Forget: The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 2009
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