ICRC says hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay "serious"

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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Friday the situation was serious inside the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison camp, where a number of prisoners are on hunger strike.

But ICRC spokeswoman Antonella Notari declined to comment on Thursday's statement by a defence lawyer that the action involved 200 of 500 prisoners and that 21 were being force-fed.

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