Gitmo detainees claim genitals being searched

Published June 5, 2013 7:31pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees urged a federal judge Wednesday to stop what they describe as new “genital searches” for detainees who want to meet with their lawyers.

The lawyers say that the searches began after detainees were told they would have to travel offsite to meet with their lawyers at another location at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba, rather than at the prison there.

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