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Lancet call for independent Guantanamo medical care
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/22960592
President Obama vowed to close Guantanamo Bay in January 2009
An open letter published in the Lancet medical journal calls for hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay detainees to receive independent medical care.
More than 150 doctors and medical professionals signed the letter to US President Barack Obama.
At least 100 prisoners are protesting against their indefinite detention by refusing food.
An earlier letter by 13 detainees said it was impossible to trust military doctors who had helped force-feed them.