Wow this is truly called being committed to a cause. Mos Def wanted everyone to know what the detainees at Guantanamo Bay go through when they are on a hunger strike and are forced to be fed. The issue of force-feeding has resurfaced in the days leading up to Ramadan, when the inmates will continue to be fed during the hours of darkness, in-keeping with the rules of the month-long religious fast.
The four-minute video, made in conjunction with human rights group Reprieve and directed by Bafta award-winning film-maker Asif Kapadia, shows the former rapper visibly upset and pleading for the doctors to stop as he is force fed through his nose.