This is the only thing they control in their lives nowadays — what they take into their bodies — and they don't really even control that.
In #TortureFreeWorld Tariq Ba Odah, now 75 pounds, would be in a hospital, not solitary at #Gitmo bracing for another force feeding. @theCCR
— Omar Farah (@oasfarah) June 26, 2015
A captive does not possess any realistic means to send his messages to the world other than to strike.
Tariq Ba Odah was cleared for release in 2009. But he remains in prison, and has spent more than a third of his life behind bars.
Amerika : 2007'den beri Guantanamo'da açlık grevi yapan Tariq Ba Odah (36) isimli Pakistanlı genç ölüme yaklaşıyor. pic.twitter.com/oeNtQBUtmV
— Ahvâl-i Müslimin (@AhvaliMuslimin) August 13, 2015