Research: Guantanamo Force Feeding

Detainees held in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps have initiated both individual and widespread hunger strikes at Guantánamo Bay, and camp medical authorities have initiated force-feeding programs.

In 2005, Captain John Edmonson, who was then Naval Base's chief medical officer, asserted that force feeding was a last resort, used only when counseling failed, and when the detainee's body mass index fell below the healthy range. According to Edmonson detainees normally cooperated, and restraints were unnecessary. According to Edmonson detainees were normally only given 1500 Calories per day.

The UN Human Rights Commission said it regards force-feeding at Guantanamo as a form of torture and the World Medical Association specifically prohibited force-feeding in its Declaration of Tokyo.

Articles about the force feeding:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_force_feeding

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/07/guantanamo-olive-oil-force-feedings-astonishing-doctor-court

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/08/us-legal-challenge-guantanamo-force-feeding

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/guantanamo-bay-detainee-force-feeding-case-continues/2014/10/07/04544bb2-4e52-11e4-aa5e-7153e466a02d_story.html

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/03/guantanamo-force-feeding-videos-released ... (include video of US actor and rapper Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, recreating a force-feeding scenario) 
-Having watched this video, I feel as though this, so called, force-feeding is a form of torture which should not be used on anyone as there are other means of getting fasting detainees the correct nutrients that they need to survive. There are more humane ways to treat them, allowing them to maintain some dignity. By putting people through this kind of torture, which has both physical and mental effects on the victim, it will cause them to build a greater resentment towards those inflicting it, with blame falling on US leaders and finally the West, therefore discouraging them from complying with demands for information. However, I'm not condoning the behaviour of the detainees if they are involved with terror groups and plots, agreeing that they should be punished. Although the way in which they are treated is not acceptable because it will fuel their lack of cooperation and possible future terror threats on Westerners (or maybe encouraging more uprisings in the middle east much like ISIS in Iraq and Syria), consequently harming/killing more innocent people as a result.