84 prisoners now on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay

30/12/2005 - 08:45:55
The number of detainees involved in a hunger strike at the US internment camp in Cuba's Guantanamo Bay has more than doubled in the past week.

The US authorities say 84 prisoners are now refusing food, with 46 more joining the protest on Christmas Day.

The US military is believed to be force-feeding some of the inmates, who are protesting against the conditions in which they are being held and their continued detention without trial.