Monday, May 13, 2013

Gitmo Lawyer Speaks Out (VIDEO)







None of the Guantanamo detainees have been charged with crimes and most have been cleared of crimes and still held for 10 years (VIDEO)


Most Guantanamo detainees are on a hunger strike and they have lost from 40 to 60 pounds since February 6th (VIDEO)


Guantanamo detainees are punished by shaving their beards - this is a religious human rights crime by the USA (VIDEO)



David H. Remes is an American lawyer who has served as a pro bono attorney for several of the prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay prison. 

He was involved in litigation surrounding the Detainees Treatment Act of 2005, which denied prisoners the ability to submit habeas corpus petitions.

In this interview with WeAreChange, Remes gives us a look at the current situation in gitmo, the start of the hunger strike and some of the personal stories of the detainees he represented.



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