Analysis: In force-feeding detainees, Obama has courts on his side
By David Ingram and Jane Sutton WASHINGTON/MIAMI (Reuters) – As detainees at the U. S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, press ahead with a widening hunger strike nearly three months old, President Barack Obama has come under increasing criticism for his policy of force-feeding them. But U. S. law is on his side, an analysis of court rulings shows. Most U. S. judges who have examined forced feeding in prisons have concluded that the measure may violate the rights of inmates to control their own bodies and to privacy – rights rooted in the U. S. Constitution and in common law. . . .
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