1. Some have attempted suicide or sewn their lips together in a hunger strike to protest the conditions. 2. APTV has pictures of the protest, including one demonstrator having his lips sewn together. 3. At least four children have had their lips sewn together, and the government fears more will be forced by adult detainees to take part. 4. Dozens of hunger strikers, including children, sewed their lips together and one man suffered severe lacerations when he jumped onto a coil of razor wire. 5. Dozens of hunger-strikers have sewn their lips together while others have attempted suicide by drinking a cocktail of detergent and shampoo or by hanging themselves. 6. Dozens of the protesters have sewn their lips together while others have attempted suicide by drinking a cocktail of detergent and shampoo or by hanging themselves. 7. Dozens sewed their lips together to protest the slow processing of their asylum applications. 8. During the two week crisis, dozens of people had sewed their lips together. 9. During the two week crisis, dozens of people sewed their lips together. 10. Dozens of the protesters have sewn their lips together, and the government said Wednesday that two children had also had their mouths stitched by adult detainees. |