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Tariq Ba Odah is 1.62 metres tall, but weighs only 33.7 kilogrammes.
He does not want to die. But in peaceful protest of his detention, Ba Odah has not eaten voluntarily since 2007, maintaining one of the longest-running hunger strikes at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

For the 36-year-old man, these may be his final days.

Ba Odah was picked up in Pakistan and turned over to the US, who sent him to Guantanamo, where he has been held since 2002.

Ba Odah does not know why he was initially arrested by Pakistani authorities, according to the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), and according to his lawyer, he has never been charged with a crime.

Force feeding

If his body can take it, Ba Odah is force-fed twice a day. He is strapped down and liquid is pumped through his nose into his stomach, according to his lawyer, Omar Farah. But the force-feeding is not working;
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