The bottom line is, we're in a place that actually has a rule of law. The British government is mandated to take action.

He was twice as old as when they sentenced him to die, and he certainly wasn't the same person that he was when he was sentenced.

This is the court of public opinion -- the idea is to educate the folks in the House of Commons on what is happening.

As far as their reasons for hunger striking, it seems to be a myriad of different reasons that they all have, the largest one seems to be like they want to protest their continued (detention).

People are desperate. They have been there three years. They were promised that the Geneva Conventions would be respected and various changes would happen and, unfortunately, the (U.S.) government reneged on that.