‘What they’re doing qualifies as torture’: new details of ICE force-feeding revealed

The Guardian reports new details on force-feeding inside U.S. immigration detention, describing the cases of an Afghan man, a Ukrainian man, and a Saudi woman who underwent repeated nasogastric tube insertions without adequate legal representation. One hunger striker was force-fed for almost six months, according to the outlet. In a separate case, a detained immigrant with mental health problems was about to be force-fed until his attorney intervened and stopped the process.

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