Kurdish Filmmaker Recounts 'Inhumane' ICE Force-Feeding That 'Broke Him'

Force-Fed by ICE

Kurdish Filmmaker Recounts 'Inhumane' ICE Force-Feeding That 'Broke Him'

Gabar Choli, a Kurdish asylum seeker, was force-fed by ICE for nearly eight months during a hunger strike in a Texas detention center. He describes being wrestled down, shackled, and having tubes shoved through his nose, leaving him physically and mentally broken. The Guardian's investigation reveals at least 18 hunger strikers faced involuntary treatment under the Trump administration, with critics calling it torture.

It just broke me, mentally broke me.

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2026-08-10