Sunday, December 15, 2013

Mos Def Tries to Go thru Guantanamo Force Feeding


Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) force-fed under standard Guantánamo Bay procedure

As Ramadan began, 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

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