The hunger strike by our former fellow prisoners at the Guantánamo prison camp should have already been the spur for President Obama to end this shameful saga, which has so lowered US prestige in the world.

It is now in its third month and around two-thirds of the 166 prisoners there are taking part. They are sick and weakened by 11 years of inhumane treatment and have chosen this painful way to gain the world‘s attention. Eighty-six of these men have been cleared for release by this administration‘s senior taskforce. Who can justify their continuing imprisonment? This must be ended by President Obama.