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Kurdish Film-maker's Detention Experience
Kurdish film-maker Gabar Choli recounts his harrowing experience of being force-fed for eight months while in immigration detention. His account highlights the inhumane treatment faced by detainees.
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The Guardian
Exclusive: Film-maker Gabar Choli describes how he endured coercive treatment over eight months in detention in TexasA Kurdish man who was force fed over the course of eight months while on hunger strike in US immigration detention has spoken out about it for the first time, describing how
2026-08-10 10:00 UTC
The Guardian
Gabar Choli tells of how, for months, he was shackled, pinned and forcibly fed – and the physical and emotional scars the ordeal has leftIn June 2025, a sluggish and thin Gabar Choli, with sunken temples and bones visible under his skin, braced himself for the immigration detention center
2026-08-10 10:00 UTC