May 16, 2013:  One hundred inmates out of the 166 at Guantánamo are protesting their detention by refusing food, according to a U.S. military statement on Wednesday. It also reported that 30 inmates are regularly force fed. May 13, 1993: Haitian refugees detained at Guantánamo because they tested H.I.V. positive began their second prolonged hunger strike.…

May 7, 2013: In the midst of growing concern over the detention facilities established under the War on Terror, media outlets report the high financial costs of incarcerating a single inmate per year at Guantánamo. While it costs an average of $25,000 to incarcerate a person in a federal prison, it costs $904,000 to incarcerate…

April 28th, 2013: For the second time during his presidency, Barack Obama declares he will attempt to “close Guantánamo.” “The notion that we’re going to keep 100 individuals in no man’s land in perpetuity makes no sense,” he said. He later added: “All of us should reflect on why exactly are we doing this? Why are…

April 27th, 2013: The U.S. military has acknowledged that the number of inmates protesting their detention by refusing food has grown to 100. The development comes amid increasing concerns over the military’s methods of forced feeding. April 27th, 2002: The newly constructed 410-bed facility known as Camp Delta opens to replace Camp X-Ray. Inmates begin to…

April 17, 2013: After a guard force raided an inmate communal area in Camp 6 this past Saturday, the military released a statement saying the response was necessary for the safety of the detainees. U.S. officials claimed that since the beginning of the hunger strike on February 6, there have been two suicide attempts and inmates’…

April 9, 2013:  U.S. government officials have begun contacting the attorneys of inmates at Guantánamo that are being restrained and force-fed with a rubber tube inserted through their nostril. U.S. officials are scurrying to quell the growing hunger strike by restricting media access, inmate’s access to water, and by force-feeding detainees to ensure the strike…

April 4, 2013: As hunger strikes continue to spread throughout the detainee population, foreign governments and international human rights organizations are attempting to send envoys to Guantánamo to ensure prisoners are being treated humanely. Some reports claim as many as 130 out the 166 detainees at Guantánamo are participating in the hunger strike. April 4,…

March 29, 2013: The International Committee of the Red Cross sent delegates to Guantánamo amid a growing number of protracted hunger strikes. In the past, inmates that protest by refusing have been force fed through a feeding tube inserted into the nose. March 26, 1992: International human rights and health organizations visited Guantánamo as makeshift…

March 20, 2013: The U.S. military has acknowledged that 21 inmates at Guantánamo are protesting their detention by refusing food. One prisoner said the hunger strike was a result of detainees feeling like they are “living in their graves.” 111 of the 166 inmates at Guantánamo have been unanimously cleared for release or relocation to prisons in…

March 12, 2013: Three attorneys for Guantánamo detainees testified before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington, arguing that indefinite detention and a harsh environment are creating conditions at the facility that amount to inhumane treatment. March 12, 1957: Three American teenage boys who ran away from their home on the base at Guantánamo were…