Laywer to Visit Guantanamo Bay Britons

By PA News Reporter http://news.scotsman.com/
A lawyer will today begin visiting two of the Britons being held at Guantanamo Bay for the first time since their imprisonment.Strict orders have been put in place by the US Government about what she can say on the men’s condition and state of mind following the visits today and tomorrow, according to UK-based lawyer Louise Christian.American-based Gita Gutierrez is due to visit Feroz Abbasi, 23, of London, and Moazzam Begg, 36, from Birmingham, this week.

She will not be allowed to report any details of the visit to their families.Visits which had been arranged for Richard Belmar, 23, and Martin Mubanga, 29, both from London, have been postponed.
Mr Begg was arrested in Pakistan more than two years ago and Mr Abbasi was captured in Afghanistan in 2001.Mr Begg’s father Azmat has just returned from America, where he was campaigning for his son’s release.
He said: “I won’t be able to ask anything about the visit by the lawyer or pass on any kind of message to my son.“For almost three years he has not been able to speak to anyone and I’m worried about the effect it is having on him.”
Feroz Abbasi and Moazzam Begg had been due to face a military trial but these were suspended while discussions continued about their detention.
Five other Britons who spent up to two years at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba were handed over to British custody in March and were freed without charge.

Pity David Hicks couldn't get any help from Alex Downer, but the US Military did let David talk to his dad for 15 minutes recently.