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Kurdish hunger striker says ICE force-feeding ‘mentally broke me’
Filmmaker Gabar Choli spoke out about enduring coercive treatment over eight months in US immigration detention while on a hunger strike. He was reportedly force fed by ICE after being detained when his asylum application was denied. Choli described the ordeal as having harmed him both physically and psychologically.
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