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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Attorneys for Guantanamo Bay detainees will ask a judge to rescind a ruling that created a new hurdle for some lawyers seeking to visit their clients at the prison in Cuba.
In Thursday's ruling, District Court Judge Ricardo Urbina in Washington dismissed 16 lawsuits challenging the indefinite confinement of dozens of men.
In an e-mail to lawyers, the Justice Department said Friday that the ruling invalidated an order that establishes rules for contact with detainees. It warned attorneys that they will be cut off from their clients unless they file new suits under a 2005 law and agree to tighter restrictions on visits and letters to detainees.
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