WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge Tuesday turned down a bid by three Guantanamo Bay detainees on a hunger strike to stop the government from force-feeding them.
Judge Rosemary M. Collyer ruled that she doesn’t have jurisdiction in the case, because Congress has removed Guantanamo detainees’ treatment and conditions of confinement from the purview of federal courts. She said there was “nothing so shocking or inhumane in the treatment” that would raise a constitutional concern.
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