U.S. officer to address Gitmo rights issues

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In a rare voice of dissent on the U.S. military’s treatment of war-on-terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a professor of constitutional and military law at West Point will be addressing human rights issues during a photo exhibit and debate tonight on the prison and interrogation network that has drawn international denunciation.

Lt. Col. Mark A. Bridges will join fellow pro bono attorney Anant Raut at the University of St. Thomas to talk about ``The Challenges of Guantanamo: The Legal and Human Rights Issues.’’

The photos, “Guantanamo: Pictures from Home. Questions of Justice” were taken over a two-year period by Margot Herster, whose husband also represents Guantanamo detainees on a pro bono basis.

Herster’s photos will be at the FotoFest Gallery at Vine Street Studios in Houston through May 19.

Posted by Carol J. Williams in St. Vincent