A hunger strike at a US detention center for war-on-terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba entered its second month Thursday with 87 prisoners refusing food, a military spokesman said.
Ten prisoners were fed through nose tubes but were in "stable" condition, said Sergeant Justin Behrens, a spokesman at the prison.
"Ninety-two was the max on hunger strike but it has now dropped down to 87," Behrens told AFP. "Ten of them are being fed through medical assist."
The hunger strike began on August 8, military officials said. It was not immediately known how many of those on strike have refused food for the full month.
A legal aid group representing prisoners at Guantanamo said in a report released Thursday that the strikers demanded that authorities adhere to Geneva Convention standards of treatment of civilian detainees.
The Center for the Constitutional Rights said the strike was set off in part by alleged beatings of prisoners, the denial of basic needs, and lack of fair trials.
It maintained that lawyers have found that 210 prisoners were taking part in the strike.
It said lawyers for prisoners who were on strike were blocked from meeting with their clients.
A federal court last month ordered the Defence Department to grant attorneys for the firm of Sherman and Sterling access to its clients, it said.
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