While millions of Americans spent Memorial Day barbecuing in their backyards, New Haven attorney Elizabeth P. Gilson was preparing a meal of beef, rice and vegetables for two brothers far from home.

Every three months, Gilson flies to Cuba to visit Bahtiyar Mahnut, 31, and Arkin Amamud, 40, at the Guantánamo Bay naval base where the men are among 270 detainees held by the U.S. because of suspected ties to terrorist organizations.

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