No court martial for nurse who refused Guantanamo force-feeding

Jurist

A nurse who refused to force feed hunger strikers at the Guantanamo detention center [JURIST backgrounder] will not be court-martialed. Navy Captain Maureen Pennington, the nurse's commander, chose not to court-martial but recommended that the officer be required to show cause for retention in the Navy. A board will determine whether the nurse should be allowed to stay in the US Navy [official website]. Details of the episode will remain private for administrative review. According to UK human rights group Reprieve [advocacy website], this is the first instance of conscientious objecting [JURIST report] to force feeding prisoners since the mass hunger strike began last year.