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On Thursday ICE officials confirmed at least six immigrant detainees on a hunger strike are being force-fed through a nasal tube. Salwan Georges/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption

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ICE Confirms Force-Feeding Of Detainees On Hunger Strike

January 31, 2019 • The agency said it respects the right to voice opinions and doesn't retaliate against hunger strikers. "It's extremely painful and it's against their will," a lawyer for two asylum-seekers told NPR.

Why Doctors Oppose Force-Feeding Guantanamo Hunger Strikers

To raise awareness about force-feeding, Yasiin Bey, the musician and actor formerly known as Mos Def, in a video voluntarily underwent the same procedure administered to prisoners who refuse solid food in political protest while they are held in Guantanamo Bay. Reprieve/Asif Kapadia hide caption

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Why Doctors Oppose Force-Feeding Guantanamo Hunger Strikers

July 11, 2013 • Doctors say prisoners of sound mind have a right to refuse nourishment and must not be force-fed.