From BBC News
A US judge has heard an emergency petition from lawyers for detainees on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay calling for greater access to their clients.They also want to see clients' medical records, and requested that prisoners be allowed to telephone their families.
A defence lawyer told the judge up to 30 prisoners were being forced-fed.
Government lawyer Terry Henry said only seven detainees were being force-fed in hospital. He also said giving prisoners access to family was a security risk.
A further 17 detainees were refusing to eat and drink, some of whom are being fed through a tube, Mr Henry said.
He dismissed allegations of inhumane and cruel treatment of prisoners at the camp in Cuba as "exaggeration" and "misunderstanding".
