Amnesty International on the Guantanamo Bay hunger strike

Amnesty International on the Guantanamo Bay hunger strike
Amnesty International on the Guantanamo Bay hunger strike

Amnesty International on the Guantanamo Bay hunger strike

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The situation at the Guantanamo Bay prison has escalated. Over the weekend, violence erupted after guards tried to move detainees out of communal living and into individual cells. On Monday, the New York Times published an Op-Ed from one detainee, titled “Gitmo Is Killing Me.” What’s necessary to break the political deadlock surrounding the prison? Amnesty International’s Zeke Johnson weighs in on this question and more. (Photo: AP Images).