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This video is not for the faint of heart.
- As Ramadan begins, more than 100 hunger-strikers in Guantánamo Bay continue their protest. More than 40 of them are being force-fed. A leaked document sets out the military instructions, or standard operating procedure, for force-feeding detainees. In this four-minute film made by Human Rights organisation Reprieve and Bafta award-winning director Asif Kapadia, US actor and rapper Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def), experiences the procedure.
Seeing this procedure visualized makes it that much more horrifying. I'm disgusted having watched that video, and I think that's the point of it.
An Additional link with an eyewitness account; http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/shortcuts/2013/jul/09/yasiin... I couldn't even make it through the video; it was horrifying.
briandmyers · 4186 days ago · link ·
Saw this this morning. It should be required viewing for all Americans, sad to say.
theadvancedapes · 4183 days ago · link ·
As anyone who knows me could say, I am an inherently optimistic person, and against fear mongering. However, the United States government is starting to really scare the shit out of me. Changing the current system is imperative. Wolf Dash Pac Dot Com.