( CNN ) -- A federal judge ordered the Obama administration Friday to stop temporarily the forced feeding of a detainee at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and provide videotapes of past such feedings . U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler ordered the administration to preserve and turn over the videotapes of the forced feeding of detainee Mohammed Abu Wa'el Dhiab between April 9 , 2013 , and February 19 , 2014 , according to court documents . The judge also ordered the federal government to preserve all videotapes of forcible cell extractions of Dhiab . Dhiab , 42 , a Syrian , was arrested in Pakistan in 2002 and has been detained in Guantanamo for more than 10 years , according to the London-based human rights group Reprieve . The group says it has been acting on behalf of Dhiab and his effort to secure 140 to 150 videos . Reprieve describes a forcible cell extraction as the Guantanamo base 's process in which detainees who do not wish to be force-fed are restrained , sometimes `` violently , '' and taken to a force-feeding chair . The forced feedings are the U.S. government 's response to hunger strikes by detainees . Dhiab , in court filings , seeks an injunction against `` abusive '' and painful force-feedings . U.S. Justice Department attorneys argued in court papers that although Dhiab was subject to forced feedings between March 2013 and February 2014 , `` the medical records during that time period are not material to his current motion for preliminary injunction , which seeks prospective injunctive relief to stop ( forced ) feeding going forward . '' Dhiab also has n't shown which forcible cell extractions were `` unlawful , '' the government 's attorneys said in court papers filed Thursday . `` His motion is completely devoid of any details regarding specific instances of mistreatment . Rather , he has only raised vague and speculative allegations of FCE abuse based almost entirely on statements of other detainees that provide no information about ( Dhiab ) whatsoever , '' the Justice Department attorneys said . Guantanamo , in southeastern Cuba , has been used by U.S. government for detainees suspected of terrorism since the 9/11 attacks in 2001 . Dhiab was cleared for release by the Obama administration in 2009 and has never been charged , Reprieve 's website said . Dhiab is in poor health with depression and uses a wheelchair , the rights group said . His return to Syria is now `` impossible '' because of that country 's ongoing civil war , the group said . `` He urgently needs a country to step forward and offer him resettlement so that he can begin his life with his family again , in safety and in peace , '' Reprieve said . The judge scheduled a May 21 status conference on the videotapes and forced feedings .
Judge orders Guantanamo Bay administration to stop temporarily a detainee 's forced feeding . Dhiab , 2009 , a Syrian , has been detained since 2002 arrest . The Guantanamo base is also ordered to turn over videotaped forced feedings . Dhiab was cleared for release in 2009 , but he needs a country to take him , group says .