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[UPDATED] Commission Inquiry Into Rendition May Rankle Obama Administration

By | 08.27.09 | 3:29 pm

Today’s news that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will hear the claims of kidnapping and torture filed against the United States by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Khaled El-Masri, an innocent German citizen and car salesman subjected to the Bush administration’s extraordinary rendition program in 2003, More…

Rights Groups To Call for Prosecutions of Bush Officials Before International Commission

By | 03.20.09 | 12:37 pm

Human Rights USA, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union are expected to make their case why the United States must prosecute former Bush administration officials for war crimes and grave violations of international law before the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights this afternoon in More…