‘Shoved the tube so hard it tore my nose’: Kurdish film-maker recounts ‘inhumane’ ICE force-feeding
Summary
A Kurdish asylum seeker named Gabar Choli was held in an ICE detention center in Texas during President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. After a hunger strike lasting over two months, Choli was forcibly fed through a tube multiple times a day, a painful and traumatic process he describes as breaking him mentally.Key Facts
- Gabar Choli is a 40-year-old Kurdish film-maker and asylum seeker detained at Port Isabel ICE facility in Texas.
- He went on a hunger strike for more than two months demanding better conditions and release or deportation.
- ICE staff forcibly inserted a feeding tube through his nose twice daily to force-feed him for nearly eight months.
- Force-feeding involved guards restraining him and medical staff pushing a 60 cm tube down his throat into his stomach.
- Choli suffered physical injuries like a torn nose, swollen sinuses, and esophagus damage, plus psychological trauma.
- The Trump administration has not officially confirmed force-feeding practices in immigration jails.
- Several human rights groups consider force-feeding of hunger strikers as a form of torture.
- Choli was deported in January after months of force-feeding and solitary confinement.
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