{"id":5399,"date":"2014-09-16T03:58:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T10:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5399"},"modified":"2018-03-05T20:03:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T04:03:10","slug":"navy-nurse-faces-expulsion-after-refusing-to-force-feed-gitmo-detainees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5399","title":{"rendered":"Navy nurse faces expulsion after refusing to force feed Gitmo detainees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">RT Question More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Navy nurse who refused to force feed hunger-striking Guantanamo detainees over the summer, once threatened with court-martial, could now lose his career.<\/p>\n<p>The nurse, a Navy lieutenant who has never been publicly identified, refused to force feed hunger strikers shortly before July 4 at Cuba\u2019s Guantanamo Bay prison complex. The decision reportedly followed months of him carrying out the painful procedure.<\/p>\n<p>A Navy commander on Monday said he asked the board to determine whether the nurse should be allowed to stay in the US Navy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can tell you right now that, after reviewing the investigation that was conducted in Guant\u00e1namo, I recommended that the officer be required to show cause for retention in the Navy. I chose not to do the court-martial route,\u201d the nurse\u2019s commander, Navy Capt. Maureen Pennington, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/2014\/07\/15\/4237720\/navy-nurse-refuses-to-force-feed.html#storylink=cpy\" target=\"_blank\"> told<\/a> the Miami Herald. . . [<a href=\"http:\/\/rt.com\/usa\/187988-guantanamo-nurse-force-feeding-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Full Text<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RT Question More A Navy nurse who refused to force feed hunger-striking Guantanamo detainees over the summer, once threatened with court-martial, could now lose his career. The nurse, a Navy lieutenant who has never been publicly identified, refused to force feed hunger strikers shortly before July 4 at Cuba\u2019s Guantanamo Bay prison complex. The decision &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5399\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Navy nurse faces expulsion after refusing to force feed Gitmo detainees&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1367,9,28],"tags":[1068,261],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-5399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethics","category-force-feeding","category-news","category-usa","tag-guantanamo-bay","tag-nurses"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Navy nurse faces expulsion after refusing to force feed Gitmo detainees - Protection of Conscience Project News<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5399\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Navy nurse faces expulsion after refusing to force feed Gitmo detainees - Protection of Conscience Project News\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"RT Question More A Navy nurse who refused to force feed hunger-striking Guantanamo detainees over the summer, once threatened with court-martial, could now lose his career. 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