Islamic leaders urge Obama to halt force feeding in Gitmo during Ramadan

RussiaToday YouTube Channel

A US federal court has condemned the force-feeding of Guantanamo Bay prisoners as a “painful, humiliating and degrading” practice. But at the same hearing – the judge turned down a request from one of the detainees to end the practice – ruling that the ONLY person with the authority to make such a decision is President Obama. And with no let-up to the situation at Guantanamo, one American hip-hop artist – Mos Def – has decided to voluntarily subject himself to force-feeding. Abby Martin found out how it went, in Breaking the Set.

Warning video contains graphic scenery