they allege it was meant to discourage these men from meeting with their lawyers attorney david remes told r.t. back in may the genital searches started right after the mass hunger strike began in the facility he says it was a way to punish the prisoners for starving themselves here's david remes talking about how invasive these searches are. i think that this would be a credible from a westerner standpoint outrageous for a by a westerner standpoint but for devout muslim and i think it is the. one of the worst forms of humiliation there could be and for that reason if they don't want to leave their camp because of the searches they end up not being able to meet their lawyers not being able to have telephones with their telephone calls with their lawyers not being able to have telic phone calls with their families. now during the trial this afternoon u.s. justice department lawyers arguing that the searches were introduced to combat security concerns after detainees were discovered with contraband and after one of them committed suicide in two thousand and twelve by hording medications

the facility began he says it was a way to punish the prisoners for starving themselves here's david remes talking about how invasive these searches are. i think that this would be a junction of bull from a westerner standpoint outrageous for about a western of standpoint but for devout muslim men i think it is the. one of the worst forms of humiliation there could be and for that reason if they don't want to leave their camp because of the searches they end up not being able to meet their lawyers not being able to have telephones with their telephone calls with their lawyers not being able to have telephone calls with their families during the trial this afternoon u.s. department of justice lawyers argue that the searches were introduced to combat security concerns after detainees were discovered with contraband and after one of them committed suicide in two thousand and twelve after hording medications the government attorneys say their concern that the did that the detainees could pick up things like nails on the ground and those things could be used as weapons while outside of their re