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Supreme Court Rejects Key Torture Case

By | 12.14.09 | 11:55 am

The Supreme Court today issued a blow to victims of abuse by U.S. officials during the “war on terror.” The high court this morning refused to review a federal appeals court ruling that dismissed a lawsuit by four British citizens who claimed they were wrongly arrested More…

Lawyers Slam DOJ for Arguing U.S. Officials Aren’t Liable for Torture Abroad

By | 11.24.09 | 5:20 pm

I’ve been following the small but growing number of lawsuits brought on behalf of torture victims against U.S. government officials for more than a year now, but the opening statement in a brief filed with the Supreme Court on Monday on behalf of four British former More…

Can Jawad Overcome Hurdles of Previous Torture Lawsuits?

By | 08.28.09 | 12:10 pm

The news that Mohammed Jawad plans to sue the U.S. government for his unlawful detention and torture raises the question of whether he can get beyond the hurdles so many other torture victims have faced in similar lawsuits.

Previous cases have been dismissed on grounds that government officials More…