OT NoEd's claim that Guantanamo Bay is "false"

I copy a recent article from BBC News:


Guantanamo lawyers demand access
Prisoner in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
The Red Cross has expressed concern over the hunger strike
A US judge has heard an emergency petition from lawyers for detainees on
hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay calling for greater access to their clients.

They also want to see clients' medical records, and requested that
prisoners be allowed to telephone their families.

A defence lawyer told the judge up to 30 prisoners were being forced-fed.

Government lawyer Terry Henry said only seven detainees were being
force-fed in hospital. He also said giving prisoners access to family
was a security risk.

A further 17 detainees were refusing to eat and drink, some of whom are
being fed through a tube, Mr Henry said.

He dismissed allegations of inhumane and cruel treatment of prisoners at
the camp in Cuba as "exaggeration" and "misunderstanding".

"Guantanamo is providing adequate medical care," he told US district
judge Gladys Kessler.

'Serious' situation

Julia Tarver, who is representing up to 10 Saudi prisoners, told the
court that lawyers for prisoners needed "more frequent access to our
clients" as well as their medical records.

"The access to clients in this grave situation can't be once a month,"
she said.

She recently visited Guantanamo Bay and said the hospital conditions
were "quite disturbing", with "no medical supervision" and unsterilised
equipment.

Ms Tarver estimated between 20 and 30 detainees were being forced-fed
intravenously or with feeding tubes, and said 15 others would soon get
the same treatment.

Judge Kessler adjourned the emergency session after hearing the
arguments. She did not say when she would announce her decision, but
lawyers said it was expected next week.

Reports of the hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay first surfaced back in July.

Some defence lawyers say as many as 200 of the 500 or so detainees have
refused food.

One British lawyer, Clive Stafford Smith, has accused the American
military of shackling patients to their beds in order to insert feeding
tubes.

Earlier this month, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
said the situation was serious, and it was following it with concern.