Kurdish hunger striker says ICE force-feeding ‘mentally broke me’
Gabar Choli said he had to ‘write my body an apology letter’. Photograph: Cole Burston/The GuardianView image in fullscreenGabar Choli said he had to ‘write my body an apology letter’. “It came to a point that I decided to write my body an apology letter.”ICE officials force-fed Choli at the Port Isabel federal detention center in Los Fresnos, south Texas, from late May 2025 until he was deported in January of this year, a Guardian investigation found.
- ▪Gabar Choli said he had to ‘write my body an apology letter’.
- ▪Photograph: Cole Burston/The GuardianView image in fullscreenGabar Choli said he had to ‘write my body an apology letter’.
- ▪“It came to a point that I decided to write my body an apology letter.”ICE officials force-fed Choli at the Port Isabel federal detention center in Los Fresnos, south Texas, from late May 2025 until he was deported in January of this year,
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Gabar Choli said he had to ‘write my body an apology letter’. Photograph: Cole Burston/The GuardianView image in fullscreenGabar Choli said he had to ‘write my body an apology letter’. Photograph: Cole Burston/The GuardianForce-fed by ICEUS immigrationKurdish hunger striker says ICE force-feeding ‘mentally broke me’Exclusive: Film-maker Gabar Choli describes how he endured coercive treatment over eight months in detention in TexasJosé Olivares in New YorkMon 10 Aug 2026 06.00 EDTLast modified on Mon 10 Aug 2026 06.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA Kurdish man who was force fed over the course of eight months while on hunger strike in US immigration detention has spoken out about it for the first time, describing how much the process harmed him physically and psychologically.Gabar…
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