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Center for Constitutional Rights, Amnesty International and Human Rights Activists Hold Noon Vigil for Gitmo Detainees
November 1, 2005"Since early 2002, the men held at Guantanamo Bay have waged desperate life threatening hunger strikes to protest their detention without trial and the conditions under which they have been kept. The current hunger strike, which began in August 2005, has involved the participation of over half of the estimated 540 prisoners still there. Many are now prepared to die if they do not receive a fair hearing or humane treatment. Participants are calling for the following..." [Read more]