London (CNN) -- U.S. President Barack Obama failed to keep his 2008 election promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp at a U.S. naval base in Cuba because the world had stopped watching. Europeans, delighted at his election and pledge to abandon Bush-era torture practices that had sullied the U.S. reputation worldwide, assumed that he would do what he said was going to do. It has taken three years to realise that he missed his self-imposed deadline. For many that realization has been brought about by the Guantanamo detainees themselves, who unable to voice their despair in any other way are now on hunger strike in large numbers. Even the U.S. military now admits that more than 50 of the 166 detainees in the camp are now involved. In reality, the number is much higher: Reprieve understands, through unclassified phone calls with our clients, that more than 130 are now on hunger strike.
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U.S. President Barack Obama promised in 2008 to close Guantanamo Bay
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Reprieve: It has taken three years to realize he missed his self-imposed deadline
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U.S. admits more than 50 of 166 detainees in camp are on hunger strike - media reports
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European parliament is debating the hunger strikes at the camp
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On a recent unclassified call, he told @placeholder: "The nightmare has started again.