FOXNews.com: Federal judge rejects bid to end Gitmo force-feeding

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Federal judge rejects bid to end Gitmo force-feeding Jul 16th 2013, 15:31 WASHINGTON –  A federal judge has turned down a bid by three Guantanamo Bay detainees on a hunger strike to stop the government from force-feeding them. Judge Rosemary M. Collyer ruled Tuesday that the court doesn't have jurisdiction in the case, because Congress has removed Guantanamo detainees' treatment and conditions of confinement from the purview of federal courts. Collyer wrote that even if she did have jurisdiction, she would deny the detainees' motion for an injunction. She said that the United States cannot allow a person in custody to die of self-inflicted starvation. Judge Gladys Kessler turned down a similar case last week, also concluding that she lacked jurisdiction. But Kessler wrote that force-feeding appears to violate international law.

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