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<p>It is the Government's understanding that US practice on medically monitoring hunger
striking detainees in Guantanamo Bay has not changed. Detainees continue to be monitored
carefully on medical grounds. On 17 October, a Pentagon Spokesperson said that the
practice of permitting the involuntary feeding of hunger-striking detainees in Guantanamo
Bay will continue, if US medical officials decide that artificial feeding is required
to prevent death or serious self-harm.</p><p>The Government believes that mentally
competent adults are entitled to take decisions to hunger strike.</p>
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