( CNN ) -- A federal judge has ordered the Obama administration to release 28 videotapes purportedly showing forced feedings and other confinement measures of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba . Judge Gladys Kessler ruled Friday the tapes can be released with modifications -- such as blurring faces -- to address the government 's concerns over identifying guards , uniforms , and written materials on walls . `` Given what is already available to the public and known to the detainees , it simply is not plausible to argue that release of the videos will give rise to an additional probability of harm by encouraging the development of FCE [ forced cell extractions ] countermeasures , '' Kessler said in the ruling . Lawyers for a Syrian man held at Guantanamo since 2002 , whose approved release is still pending , were lobbying for the release of the videos ahead of a hearing scheduled for Monday . Abu Wa'el Dhiab , 43 , has been on numerous hunger strikes while in detention . He and his lawyers are seeking a preliminary injunction preventing detention facility officials from forced cell extractions [ FCE ] , and placing him in a so-called restraint chair used for forced feedings . U.S. Navy nurse wo n't force-feed Guantanamo detainees . The method is designed to provide liquid nutrition and medicine via a tube inserted in the nose directly into the stomach . Several media organizations -- including the Associated Press , NPR , The New York Times and Dow Jones -- had also filed a separate brief urging the release of the tapes , which show forced feedings of Dhiab and others . The Justice Department had expressed concern about national security or other sensitive information being inadvertently revealed in open court and requested a closed hearing , but Kessler strongly dismissed the arguments and denied the request . `` This Court has full faith in the ability of counsel and the court , acting together , to handle in an efficient and appropriate manner , all the classified and protected information , '' Kessler wrote in a Thursday ruling . `` Moreover , a reasonable amount of delay and logistical burdens are a small price to pay for the virtues of judicial transparency . '' The government will likely appeal , meaning it 's unlikely the videotapes will be released anytime soon . The case is Dhiab v. Bush ( 1:05-cv-1457 ) .
Videos show forced feedings at Guantanamo Bay . They can only be released with modifications . Government will likely appeal , meaning they wo n't be seen soon .