Trump administration forced treatment on hunger striker in ICE detention, document reveals
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An ICE document reveals that the Trump administration forcibly treated a hunger striker in detention, using methods such as force feeding and catheterization. The document, obtained by The Guardian, confirms the first known use of forced treatment on a hunger striker during Trump's second term. Human rights groups and healthcare associations have condemned such practices as torture.
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Involuntary treatment may violate due process and right to bodily integrity.
The document was published online in February by the ICE Health Service Corps.
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The patient began hunger strikes between October and December of last year.
The Guardian- Involuntary treatment may violate due process and right to bodily integrity.
- UN and medical associations have spoke against force-feeding hunger strikers.
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Loaded language removed<p>ICE report reviewed by the Guardian discloses a patient was ‘subject to force feeding, hydration or urinary catheterization’, which experts have described as torture</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a> subjected at least one person undertaking a hunger strike in immigrant detention to forcible medical treatment – engaging in…
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The patient began hunger strikes between October and December of last year.
The GuardianThe document discloses that an unnamed patient was subject to force feeding, hydration, forced urinary catheterization, or involuntary blood draws.
The GuardianHealthcare associations and international human rights groups have described such medical practice as torture.
The GuardianA document from ICE's health service agency confirms that forced treatment was used on a hunger striker since Donald Trump began his second term.
The GuardianThe document was published online in February by the ICE Health Service Corps.
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