One of Guantanamo’s long-term hunger strikers talks about his painful everyday reality.


Moath al-Alwi is a Yemeni national who has been in US custody since 2002. He was one of the very first prisoners moved to Guantanamo, where the US military assigned him the Internment Serial Number 028.
One of Guantanamo’s long-term hunger strikers talks about his painful everyday reality.

Moath al-Alwi describes the humiliating and brutal treatment he suffers at Guantanamo.
![Dozens of Guantanamo prisoners who have not been tried still await release [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/201431395752180734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
President Obama’s renewed vow to release the prisoners have led some to abandon their hunger strike.
![A sketch of the 'torture chair' by al-Awki [Global News Insight]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013101692112845734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
A detainee at the US prison explains that hunger striking is the only way left to cry out for life, freedom and dignity.
