long-term non-religious fasts
2014 VICE News Awards: Best Use of Deflective Phrasing — Guantanamo
The facility that rebranded suicide attempts as "self-injurious behavior," and called shackles "humane restraints," outdid itself with the new euphemism they unveiled this year.
Guantanamo Now Calls Hunger Strikes “Long-Term Non-Religious Fasts”
We obtained exclusive documents laying out the military's policy for hunger-striking Gitmo prisoners. And they're full of tortured English.
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