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Gitmo Hunger Striker in âImminent Dangerâ of Death: Lawyer
 The lawyer for a detainee at the US military prison in Guantanamo, Cuba said Friday that his hunger-striking client was in âimminent dangerâ of death or serious organ damage despite being force-fed. Washington lawyer Thomas Wilner said Kuwaiti detainee Fawzi Al-Odah has been losing weight even though his US military captors have been force-feeding him through a nose tube since early September, several weeks after Odah, 27, launched his hunger strike on Aug. 8. âThe time we went down (to Guantanamo) in October, he had gone to 112 pounds (51 kilograms), and now in November he was down to 98 pounds (44.5 kilograms),â said Wilner, who returned from the prison on Nov. 7. âWhether they are not doing it adequately or competently, I donât know, but the continued weight loss shows that something is wrong,â Wilner said.Wilner said he obtained the weight information during his last visit, during which Odah passed the lawyer his own medical files. Wilner said he did not know how the detainee had obtained the files, which Wilner showed to doctors to assess Odahâs condition. Posted by: Fred 2005-11-20 |
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