The US military says it will no longer release reports of hunger strikes staged at its notorious Guantanamo Bay prison to the public since disclosing such news is not in its interest. "JTF-Guantanamo allows detainees to peacefully protest, but will not further their protests by reporting the numbers to the public," Navy Cmdr. John Filostrat, a spokesman ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- A former MI6 officer will begin a week-long hunger strike on Monday in solidarity with the Guantnamo Bay detention camp prisoner Shaker Aamer, media reports said. Harry Ferguson, 52, said that his decision is prompted by shame over the behavior of the British intelligence service he once served. He will attempt to fast for a week ...

A hunger strike by inmates at the notorious US-run Guantanamo prison protesting their harsh conditions and indefinite detention without charge or trial has entered its seventh month. A large number of prisoners are still refusing to eat as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan is coming to an end. The strike began in early February with most of the ...

The administration of US President Barack Obama did not send a witness to a Senate hearing on closing the notorious US-run Guantanamo prison based in Cuba. A Senate Judiciary subcommittee held the Closing Guantanamo: The National Security, Fiscal, and Human Rights Implications hearing Wednesday. It was the first hearing since 2009 held to discuss ...

The Obama administration refuses to halt force-feeding of Guantanamo hunger strikers during the holy month of Ramadan and says the U.S. federal court has no jurisdiction to intervene in the matter. The Department of Justice argued Wednesday that force-feeding creates no religious problems for the Muslim prisoners during the holy month of Ramadan ...