25.03.2013 - 09:38 [ Youtube - Channel Russia Today ]

Blackout TV: US media turn blind eye to Gitmo hunger strike

The hunger strike among prisoners at Guantanamo Bay is into day 48 – but their plight‘s still struggling to garner wider attention. Lawyers say over 100 inmates are refusing food – and are concerned about their deteriorating health. Prison officials continue to downplay the protest, and there‘s little coverage in the U.S. media, as Marina Portnaya explains.