Disturbing video: Mos Def force-fed under standard Guantánamo Bay procedure

As Ramadan begins, more than 100 hunger-strikers in Guantánamo Bay (US military detention camp and interrogation facility located in Cuba) 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...

See the video after the cut...but warning: some viewers may find it disturbing...



Source: Guardian UK