An unknown number of detainees [including Fawzi al-Odah (m), Kuwaiti national, Juma al-Dossari (m), Bahraini national, Shaker Aamer (m), UK resident and Abu-Bakr al-Shammari (m), Yemeni national] who have joined the hunger strike at the Guantánamo detention centre are now known to be seriously ill as a result of the hunger strike and the force-feeding methods being used.
