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Defense Lawyer Drops His Pants to Demonstrate Abuse at Guantánamo

Posted by Ben, Think Progress at 8:57 AM on July 15, 2008.


David H. Remes says that humiliation is just one of the ways that his clients are being abused.
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David H. Remes, an American lawyer representing 15 Yemenis currently challenging their detention at Guantánamo Bay, recently made his seventh trip to Yemen to meet with his clients' families and "to do what I can to promote the cause of these men."

During a recent press conference in Yemen, Remes promoted their cause by "demonstrating the mistreatment" and humiliation suffered by his clients at the U.S. detention facility in Cuba.

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