Vince Warren : It is also illegal and inhumane , as the United Nations ' top independent human rights experts and the international human rights body with jurisdiction over the United States , the OAS 's Inter-American Commission on Human Rights , reminded the president . It took 100 men on a hunger strike for Obama to remember he must stop Gitmo . Warren : Starving is the only way we can protest being held 11 years with no charges . Obama ordered more staff to force feed hunger strikers , which is considered torture , he says . Warren : Obama has promised to close prison , it 's a ruse that Congress prevents him .
Vince Warren : It took 100 men on a hunger strike for Obama to remember he must stop Gitmo . Warren : Starving is the only way we can protest being held 11 years with no charges . Obama ordered more staff to force feed hunger strikers , which is considered torture , he says . Warren : Obama has promised to close prison , it 's a ruse that Congress prevents him .