Amy Goodman
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Rapper, Actor Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) Force-Fed in Video Highlighting Guantánamo Hunger Strike
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July 8, 2013
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as posted by the channelIn a video released by Reprieve, the hip hop artist and actor Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) voluntarily undergoes a forcefeeding similar to those prisoners on hunger strike at Guantánamo. In a disturbing sequence, Bey screams for help before the forcefeeding is stopped. At least 40 of Guantánamo's estimated 120 hungerstrikers are being forcefed.
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