Abu Ghraib abuse photos 'show rape'

[Winehole23]

Abu Ghraib abuse photos 'show rape' (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5395830/Abu-Ghraib-abuse-photos-show-rape.html)

Photographs of alleged prisoner abuse which Barack Obama is attempting to censor include images of apparent rape and sexual abuse, it has emerged.



By Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent and Paul Cruickshank
Last Updated: 11:52PM BST 27 May 2009




At least one picture shows an American soldier apparently raping a female prisoner while another is said to show a male translator raping a male detainee.



Further photographs are said to depict sexual assaults on prisoners with objects including a truncheon, wire and a phosphorescent tube.



Another apparently shows a female prisoner having her clothing forcibly removed to expose her breasts.



Detail of the content emerged from Major General Antonio Taguba, the former army officer who conducted an inquiry into the Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq.



Allegations of rape and abuse were included in his 2004 report but the fact there were photographs was never revealed. He has now confirmed their existence in an interview with the Daily Telegraph.



The graphic nature of some of the images may explain the US President’s attempts to block the release of an estimated 2,000 photographs from prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan despite an earlier promise to allow them to be published.



Maj Gen Taguba, who retired in January 2007, said he supported the President’s decision, adding: “These pictures show torture, abuse, rape and every indecency.



“I am not sure what purpose their release would serve other than a legal one and the consequence would be to imperil our troops, the only protectors of our foreign policy, when we most need them, and British troops who are trying to build security in Afghanistan.



“The mere description of these pictures is horrendous enough, take my word for it.”



In April, Mr Obama’s administration said the photographs would be released and it would be “pointless to appeal” against a court judgment in favour of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).



But after lobbying from senior military figures, Mr Obama changed his mind saying they could put the safety of troops at risk.



Earlier this month, he said: “The most direct consequence of releasing them, I believe, would be to inflame anti-American public opinion and to put our troops in greater danger.”



It was thought the images were similar to those leaked five years ago, which showed naked and bloody prisoners being intimidated by dogs, dragged around on a leash, piled into a human pyramid and hooded and attached to wires.



Mr Obama seemed to reinforce that view by adding: “I want to emphasise that these photos that were requested in this case are not particularly sensational, especially when compared to the painful images that we remember from Abu Ghraib.”



The latest photographs relate to 400 cases of alleged abuse between 2001 and 2005 in Abu Ghraib and six other prisons. Mr Obama said the individuals involved had been “identified, and appropriate actions” taken.



Maj Gen Taguba’s internal inquiry into the abuse at Abu Ghraib, included sworn statements by 13 detainees, which, he said in the report, he found “credible based on the clarity of their statements and supporting evidence provided by other witnesses.”



Among the graphic statements, which were later released under US freedom of information laws, is that of Kasim Mehaddi Hilas in which he says: “I saw [name of a translator] ******* a kid, his age would be about 15 to 18 years. The kid was hurting very bad and they covered all the doors with sheets. Then when I heard screaming I climbed the door because on top it wasn’t covered and I saw [name] who was wearing the military uniform, putting his **** in the little kid’s ***…. and the female soldier was taking pictures.”



The translator was an American Egyptian who is now the subject of a civil court case in the US.



Three detainees, including the alleged victim, refer to the use of a phosphorescent tube in the sexual abuse and another to the use of wire, while the victim also refers to part of a policeman’s “stick” all of which were apparently photographed.

[SnakeBoy]

Those photos need to accidentally fall into a fireplace.

[Nbadan]

.....nothing to see here..........fraternal pranks! (at Yale)

[TDMVPDPOY]

what happens if its released? its not like obama is going to go after the culprits up the chain of command anyway....

[RobinsontoDuncan]

Jesus. I'm ashamed for my country

[DarrinS]

Well, I guess it's time for Obama to release them and go on another hand-wringing apology tour.

[DarrinS]

This is an outrage! This would never happen in an American prison.

[Winehole23]

Sarcasm?

[JoeChalupa]

I've heard those photos are very damaging. Sucks.

[Winehole23]

This is an outrage! This would never happen in an American prison.You think the outrage is phony and ginned up? Raping the children and wives of prisoners in front of them is part of the normal course of incarceration, fully expectable and not surprising? Not outrageous to you?

Please explain.

[Extra Stout]

You think the outrage is phony and ginned up? Raping the children and wives of prisoners in front of them is part of the normal course of incarceration, fully expectable and not surprising? Not outrageous to you?

Please explain.
Quite easy. Since the rape of prisoners by other prisoners is supposedly commonplace in America, and since America is by definition a decent, civilized nation, therefore the rape of prisoners is decent and civilized. The only difference in this case is that it is the prison guards and interrogators doing the rape, but really morally there's not a whole lot of difference between actually doing the raping, and just looking the other way while the new guy in the cell block is traded for a pack of smokes.

Really the whole "decent and civilized" line of argument can be used generally. America is by definition decent and civilized, so anything Americans do is by definition decent and civilized, including, hypothetically pedophilia, coprophagia, cannibalism, and medieval forms of torture.

[Cry Havoc]

The fact that the republicans on this board are attempting to turn this horror into a "bash Obama" opportunity shows just how far removed they are from political discourse. Rather than be appalled at the suffering of fellow human beings, it's a leverage bar to attack the president with.

And that makes me sick.

[Spurminator]

Well, I guess it's time for Obama to release them and go on another hand-wringing apology tour.


I guess even rape is something we all need to take opposing sides on.

Go team!

[LnGrrrR]

the fact that the republicans on this board are attempting to turn this horror into a "bash obama" opportunity shows just how far removed they are from political discourse. Rather than be overjoyed at the suffering of terrorists!, it's a leverage bar to attack the president with.

And that makes me sick.

fify :)

[DarrinS]

You think the outrage is phony and ginned up? Raping the children and wives of prisoners in front of them is part of the normal course of incarceration, fully expectable and not surprising? Not outrageous to you?

Please explain.


Obviously I'm being sarcastic. The abuse at Abu Ghraib was horrible and those responsible have been punished. Let me ask you this: What is the motivation of those who want the photos published? What is the motivation of this article? Of drawing more attention to this issue? What is your motivation for this thread?

[Homeland Security]

Freaking cowards. 3000 Americans got killed on 9/11. I think sticking a blunt instrument up the ass of the people who did it is hardly even payback. They deserve it. Their women deserve it. Their children deserve it. I wish we could kill all the Muslims slowly; nuking 'em is too quick and painless.

Did you know Arabs wipe their asses with their hands? So we're not putting our junk anywhere their own fingers haven't already been.

Typical liberal pussies. "Oh, we support our troops," but then whenever news of how things really are and what they really have to do to keep you safe comes out, you act all outraged. You're no different from the terrorists; you deserve the same treatment.

[Darrin]

THIS IS OUR COUNTRY AND IT WAS DONE IN OUR NAME!!!

(near tears while reading this).

[Darrin]

Freaking cowards. 3000 Americans got killed on 9/11. I think sticking a blunt instrument up the ass of the people who did it is hardly even payback. They deserve it. Their women deserve it. Their children deserve it. I wish we could kill all the Muslims slowly; nuking 'em is too quick and painless.

Did you know Arabs wipe their asses with their hands? So we're not putting our junk anywhere their own fingers haven't already been.

Typical liberal pussies. "Oh, we support our troops," but then whenever news of how things really are and what they really have to do to keep you safe comes out, you act all outraged. You're no different from the terrorists; you deserve the same treatment.

:downspin:

[Winehole23]

Let me ask you this: What is the motivation of those who want the photos published? What is the motivation of this article? Of drawing more attention to this issue? What is your motivation for this thread?I can't speak for anyone else's motivation, but the disclosure of crimes serves morality, truth and the historical record.

My own reason for posting it is the recent posts in this forum (as well as Obama's own statement) suggesting the photos currently being withheld show "garden variety" abuse of the sort already disclosed.

This is not the case.

[Winehole23]

Freaking cowards. 3000 Americans got killed on 9/11. I think sticking a blunt instrument up the ass of the people who did it is hardly even payback. They deserve it. Their women deserve it. Their children deserve it. I wish we could kill all the Muslims slowly; nuking 'em is too quick and painless.

Did you know Arabs wipe their asses with their hands? So we're not putting our junk anywhere their own fingers haven't already been.

Typical liberal pussies. "Oh, we support our troops," but then whenever news of how things really are and what they really have to do to keep you safe comes out, you act all outraged. You're no different from the terrorists; you deserve the same treatment.Hi-skool Security has rape fantasies.

[DarrinS]

Hi-skool Security has rape fantasies.

He's a sarcastic liberal troll.

[DarrinS]

I can't speak for anyone else's motivation, but the disclosure of crimes serves morality, truth and the historical record.

My own reason for posting it is the recent posts in this forum (as well as Obama's own statement) suggesting the photos currently being withheld show "garden variety" abuse of the sort already disclosed.

This is not the case.



Ok, but haven't the perpetrators of the Abu Ghraib abuse already been punished? What good will publishing these photos do?

[Homeland Security]

THIS IS OUR COUNTRY AND IT WAS DONE IN OUR NAME!!!


Damn straight!

[Homeland Security]

Hi-skool Security has rape fantasies.
A good impalement would serve you well.

[Darrin]

Damn straight!

Touche.

[Winehole23]

He's a sarcastic liberal troll.So I hear. The humor is getting harder and harder to detect.

[FaithInOne]

We laugh, because we are used to how bassackwards this country has become and crying gets old after a while.

There is no difference between this story and what the government does to the people on a daily basis. Getting raped in jail, having to leave your 4 Generation Farmstead because the water is getting turned off to save a bird...life is wonderful.

Plunging the country into debt that will degrade the standard of living for decades while the politicians make off like bandits...It's all good brother. :downspin:

[Winehole23]

Ok, but haven't the perpetrators of the Abu Ghraib abuse already been punished? Not at all clear, IMO. I recall no charges of rape and murder. Plus the higher ups who conceived and ordered the abuse have not yet been held to account.


What good will publishing these photos do?Truth, morality and historical veracity cut no ice with you?

[Darrin]

Truth, morality and historical veracity cut no ice with you?

I didn't write the quote you used.

[Winehole23]

Fixed. My bad Darrin.

[clambake]

How can people waste their time on this and completely ignore the Chrysler blogger?

[clambake]

it only took 8 short years for the GOP to rip this country down to rubble.

disgusting.

[Homeland Security]

it only took 8 short years for the GOP to rip this country down to rubble.

disgusting.
Whatever. The country was finally starting to take the gloves off and do what needed to be done. Too bad.

[DarrinS]

it only took 8 short years for the GOP to rip this country down to rubble.

disgusting.


Drama queen.

[clambake]

Drama queen.

the fact that it doesn't bother you is creepy.

[SnakeBoy]

Plus the higher ups who conceived and ordered the abuse have not yet been held to account.


Not true. A number of officers have recieved administrative reprimands.



Typical liberal pussies. "Oh, we support our troops," but then whenever news of how things really are and what they really have to do to keep you safe comes out, you act all outraged.

Is that you Colonel Jessep?

[DarrinS]

the fact that it doesn't bother you is creepy.




Obviously I'm being sarcastic. The abuse at Abu Ghraib was horrible and those responsible have been punished. Let me ask you this: What is the motivation of those who want the photos published? What is the motivation of this article? Of drawing more attention to this issue? What is your motivation for this thread?

[clambake]

so, if you call it horrible it's ok to follow that with wanting to bury it immediately?

[Homeland Security]

Is that you Colonel Jessep?
A Few Good Men was a liberal pussy movie.

[LnGrrrR]

Freaking cowards. 3000 Americans got killed on 9/11. I think sticking a blunt instrument up the ass of the people who did it is hardly even payback. They deserve it. Their women deserve it. Their children deserve it. I wish we could kill all the Muslims slowly; nuking 'em is too quick and painless.

Did you know Arabs wipe their asses with their hands? So we're not putting our junk anywhere their own fingers haven't already been.

Typical liberal pussies. "Oh, we support our troops," but then whenever news of how things really are and what they really have to do to keep you safe comes out, you act all outraged. You're no different from the terrorists; you deserve the same treatment.

1) I am a troop.

2) The people who did it, technically, are dead. I'm pretty sure they didn't survive the crashes.

3) You are either a) a moron or b) enjoy acting like a moron.

[DarrinS]

1) I am a troop.

2) The people who did it, technically, are dead. I'm pretty sure they didn't survive the crashes.

3) You are either a) a moron or b) enjoy acting like a moron.


It's sad when you can't pick up sarcasm from your own side.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

it only took 8 short years for the GOP to rip this country down to rubble.

disgusting.
i'm going to pull a chump.

were any members of the GOP in these pictures?
did the GOP order this "code red"?

how in the hell can you pin this on a group? any group. republican or democrat(i know it's hard to wrap your "brain" around that), but please tell me.

are democrats nothing but cheating husbands with no class?
are republicans nothing but toe tapping closet homos?

geez, you anti-republicans are really something. you guys love hearing yourselves talk. lot of blah blah blah and self righteousness. and you wonder why this country is so divided.

[clambake]

i'm going to pull a chump.

were any members of the GOP in these pictures?
did the GOP order this "code red"?

how in the hell can you pin this on a group? any group. republican or democrat(i know it's hard to wrap your "brain" around that), but please tell me.

are democrats nothing but cheating husbands with no class?
are republicans nothing but toe tapping closet homos?

geez, you anti-republicans are really something. you guys love hearing yourselves talk. lot of blah blah blah and self righteousness. and you wonder why this country is so divided.

:lmao

i know, i know, your outrage begins and ends with people that carve letters on their face.

:lmao

[LnGrrrR]

It's sad when you can't pick up sarcasm from your own side.

I don't pick up sarcasm when it's so poorly conceived/executed.

Also, note on part 3 I said he was either a moron or PLAYING at one. That would fall under the troll category.

It's just that it's not particularly funny.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

:lmao

i know, i know, your outrage begins and ends with people that carve letters on their face.

:lmao

thanks for proving my point on two counts.

[clambake]

thanks for proving my point on two counts.

all i proved is that you crusade for a side, regardless of it's legitimacy.

[sook]

nothing good can come out of these photos being released. Its common sense.

[boutons_deux]

Americans Can't Handle the Truth.

Is why these photos will be hidden.

Is why the Fed/Treasury refuse to tell the truth about who's getting what $$.

[SnakeBoy]

Americans Can't Handle the Truth.

Is why these photos will be hidden.


Truth is already out. Releasing the photo's will only get people who had nothing to do with it killed.

[clambake]

Truth is already out. Releasing the photo's will only get people who had nothing to do with it killed.

yikes. they must be pretty bad, huh?

[SnakeBoy]

yikes. they must be pretty bad, huh?

Obama seems to think so.

[Yonivore]

Weren't the people responsible for the Abu Ghraib crimes -- not to be confused with the perfectly legal enhanced interrogation techniques -- prosecuted and punished?

[Nbadan]

Weren't the people responsible for the Abu Ghraib crimes -- not to be confused with the perfectly legal enhanced interrogation techniques -- prosecuted and punished?

NO.......they went for the grunts...yeah troops!

[Nbadan]

..pfff......everytime the local GOP goes after a Seymour Hersh investigative report they wind up holding their ankles...

[clambake]

:lol

[boutons_deux]

our kick-ass $600B military can't defend itself so we can't expose pictures of crimes that same military committed. "Releasing the photo's will only get people ... " prosecuted, but very probably not, certainly not any officers, CIA mgmt, dickhead, rummy, dubya. Magik Negro is turning out to be a talented wimp.

[jack sommerset]

The fact that the republicans on this board are attempting to turn this horror into a "bash Obama" opportunity shows just how far removed they are from political discourse. Rather than be appalled at the suffering of fellow human beings, it's a leverage bar to attack the president with.

And that makes me sick.

:lmao:lmao:lmao
God damn that made me laugh!!!!!!!! Like no democratic poster would ever stoop that low. Seriously tears came racing down my face on that. "And that makes me sick!" Instant classic!

I am soooooo gald I am not a republican or a democratic!

[Winehole23]

Taguba apparently was talking about images other than the ones Obama is suppressing.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/30/taguba/

[Winehole23]

The denial as parsed by Raw Story (http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/05/gen-taguba-the-telegraph-is-right-but/).

[Winehole23]

The government is holding back as many as 2,100 never-released images from Abu Ghraib and other detention centers overseas. The ACLU first sued (https://www.aclu.org/national-security/aclu-v-department-defense) for their release 10 years ago, and in August, District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled (https://www.aclu.org/files/assets/torture_foia_photos_ruling.pdf) that the government must publish the photos unless it can defend withholding them on an individualized basis.


Tomorrow the government will appear in court and tell Judge Hellerstein and the ACLU what it plans to do.


The government based its suppression on a 2009 statute (http://www.dcoxfiles.com/123stat2184.pdf), enacted after the ACLU won the release of the images in the trial and appeals courts, that permits the secretary of defense to withhold an image for up to three years if the secretary certifies that its release would endanger Americans. In 2012, then Defense Secretary Leon Panetta issued a half-page certification (https://www.aclu.org/files/assets/torture_foia_photos_ruling.pdf) for the entire collection, of more than 2,000 images.


"Standing alone," Judge Hellerstein wrote in his August ruling, Mr. Panetta's certification is "insufficient." The government must prove that the secretary reviewed each photo by itself and "show why" the publication of each image risked national security.
https://www.aclu.org/blog/human-rights-national-security/torture-secrets-are-coming

[DarrinS]

Quality bump, WH. World isn't fubar enough.

[boutons_deux]

Quality bump, WH. World isn't fubar enough.

... but the Repugs KEEP TRYIN!

[Nbadan]

https://www.aclu.org/blog/human-rights-national-security/torture-secrets-are-coming

Yeah, they aren't gonna release the imagies....

[Winehole23]

Quality bump, WH. World isn't fubar enough.a judge has ordered the photos released. I get that you'd rather not face it, but it's news.

[Winehole23]

Yeah, they aren't gonna release the imagies....we'll see. the government will have to argue for suppressing the photos one by one with the judge.

[Winehole23]

4th Circuit to allow lawsuit against CACI to proceed:

http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Published/151831.P.pdf

[hater]

Thanks Obomba!

[Winehole23]

Obama is certainly responsible for using the law to shield the USG and the military from accountability for torture, but he didn't hire CACI and he isn't running their defense.

[Winehole23]

In a robust ruling in favor of Abu Ghraib detainees, an appellate court ruled Friday that torture is such a clear violation of the law that it is “beyond the power of even the president to declare such conduct lawful.”


The ruling (http://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2016/10/98_10-21-16_Opinion-Vacating-Remanding_0.pdf) from a unanimous panel of judges on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstates a lawsuit against a military contractor for its role in the torture of four men at the notorious prison in Iraq.


Last June, a district court ruled (http://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2015/06/20150618%20PDQ%20decision.pdf) that a “cloud of ambiguity” surrounds the definition of torture, and that despite anti-torture laws (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-I/chapter-113C), the decision to torture was a “political question” that could not be judged by courts.


That ruling echoed the widely discredited legal theories of the Bush administration, which argued that the war on terror gave the president the inherent authority to indefinitely detain and torture terror suspects, and conduct mass surveillance on Americans’ international communications.


But the Fourth Circuit soundly rejected that theory, saying that the United States has clear laws against torturing detainees that apply to the executive branch.


“While executive officers can declare the military reasonableness of conduct amounting to torture, it is beyond the power of even the president to declare such conduct lawful,” wrote appellate Judge Barbara Keenan, writing for the unanimous panel.

https://theintercept.com/2016/10/21/major-new-court-ruling-says-even-the-president-cant-declare-torture-lawful/

[Winehole23]

contractors who tortured people on behalf of the US government continue to take it on the chin:


The CCR previously won a settlement in 2013 on behalf of 71 Ahu Ghraib detainees against L-3 Services, another military contractor at Abu Ghraib.

[Winehole23]

4th Circuit to allow lawsuit against CACI to proceed:

http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Published/151831.P.pdf

1109171377670635520

https://www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Dkt-1183_MemOp-Denying-Sov-Immunity-Granting-SJ.pdf

[Winehole23]

CACI lawsuits proceeds again.


A federal judge has rejected (https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2023/07/1390_7-31-23_Order-MTD.pdf)the latest attempts by CACI Premier Technology, Inc. to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Iraqis who endured torture at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison during the U.S. government’s occupation of Iraq. In a lawsuit (https://ccrjustice.org/AlShimari)filed on their behalf by the Center for Constitutional Rights in June 2008, Suhail Al Shimari, Asa’ad Al Zuba’e, and Salah Al-Ejaili are seeking damages from the Virginia-based company, which the U.S. government hired to provide interrogation services at Abu Ghraib. https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/judge-sides-abu-ghraib-torture-survivors-refuses-dismiss-historic

[Winehole23]

4th Circuit to allow lawsuit against CACI to proceed:

http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Published/151831.P.pdf20 years on, the lawsuit proceeds to trial


The trial is scheduled to begin Monday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, and will be the first time that Abu Ghraib survivors are able to bring their claims of torture to a U.S. jury, said Baher Azmy, a lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights representing the plaintiffs.


The defendant in the civil suit, CACI, supplied the interrogators who worked at the prison. The Virginia-based contractor denies any wrongdoing, and has emphasized throughout 16 years of litigation that its employees are not alleged to have inflicted any abuse on any of the plaintiffs in the case.


The plaintiffs, though, seek to hold CACI responsible for setting the conditions that resulted in the torture they endured, citing evidence in government investigations that CACI contractors instructed military police to “soften up” detainees for their interrogations.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/04/12/20-years-later-abu-ghraib-detainees-get-their-day-in-us-court/

[Winehole23]

CACI civilly liable



A U.S. jury on Tuesday awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison, holding a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to their torture and mistreatment two decades agohttps://apnews.com/article/abu-ghraib-civil-trial-iraq-virginia-3a2841ec2892fb111b4e26a70e761208

[Winehole23]

this is some Abu Ghraib shit

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIF.iXe0lowJhQrPyAsg83xFWA?w=289&h=180&c=7&r=0&o=5&dpr=1.5&pid=1.7

[Thread]

this is some Abu Ghraib shit

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIF.iXe0lowJhQrPyAsg83xFWA?w=289&h=180&c=7&r=0&o=5&dpr=1.5&pid=1.7

Please. They'll be in the shitter pullin' the pud. Unless they give 'em Peanut Butter shots regulary.

[Winehole23]

you're jaded

maybe don't take it out on everybody else

[Thread]

you're jaded

maybe don't take it out on everybody else

Please. You've been ranting & raving since November 5th.

[Thread]

She's just a bit late to qualify as a genuine hottie. I can get there at certain times when she's fresh from the makeover, like at the Inauguration, early of a morning of an ICE raid. But if you don't catch her at that high moment it starts to unravel.

[Winehole23]

Please. You've been ranting & raving since November 5th.Category of short memories.

I first logged on here in late 2008, I think

It started a long time ago

[Thread]

Category of short memories.

I first logged on here in late 2008, I think

It started a long time ago

Don't be obtuse again.

Act like somebody.

[Winehole23]

I am

[Winehole23]

we'll be paying for the current war long after the shooting stops for sh1t like this

(2024 headline)


A U.S. jury on Tuesday awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq (https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/iraq)'s notorious Abu Ghraib (https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/abu-ghraib) prison, holding a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to their torture and mistreatment two decades ago.


The decision from the eight-person jury came after a different jury earlier this year couldn't agree on whether Reston, Virginia-based CACI should be held liable for the work of its civilian interrogators who worked alongside the U.S. Army at Abu Ghraib in 2003 and 2004.


The jury awarded plaintiffs Suhail Al Shimari, Salah Al-Ejaili and Asa’ad Al-Zubae $3 million each in compensatory damages and $11 million each in punitive damages.



The three testified that they were subjected to beatings, sexual abuse, forced nudity and other cruel treatment at the prison.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/abu-ghraib-prisoners-court-payment-torture-b2645909.html

[Winehole23]

Appeals court affirms the judgment


4th Cir., 2-1, affirms a jury finding that the operators of the Abu Ghraib Prison in 2008 are liable for conspiracy to commit torture and conspiracy to commit cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment under the Alien Tort Statute.

Damages awarded: $42 million.https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/251043.P.pdf

[Winehole23]

Court reprimands the operators' lawyers for misrepresenting the law



https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:24vva42nxim6zbcmnozegoef/bafkreiayijjiaggao4tbzzjyftlvuuf2yaox2dvv7w722exyb sitq5lygm
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:24vva42nxim6zbcmnozegoef/bafkreiesov7rkoo4zv5pabmspwahfwp4cs25vkl7mozizs4fh lhszwqqiu
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:24vva42nxim6zbcmnozegoef/bafkreigho7mhmhgguiikbsgus6crzwvybmznyjixjakti4itl viqetpdyq

https://bsky.app/profile/gabrielmalor.bsky.social/post/3mgv5wgtels2z

[Winehole23]

Core Civic and Geo Group will take note

[Winehole23]

profiting from mass arbitrary detention is bad enough, managing inhumane conditions of detention industrially is arguably a crime against humanity

people will say so, and occasionally there will be civil awards for the harm done

[Winehole23]

Attorneys for Hernández Romero and five other Venezuelan men filed administrative claims Friday against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The claims allege the men were transferred from U.S. custody to El Salvador’s sprawling Terrorism Confinement Center, where they were held for 125 days without contact with lawyers or family members.https://www.advocate.com/news/venezuelan-cecot-dhs-legal-complaint

[Winehole23]

“The nature of the allegations and our desire to protect our clients from re-traumatization necessitate that we keep the details shared in the complaints confidential,” the spokesperson said.


Other men included in the claims described the lingering trauma of their detention. “Being disappeared to CECOT is an experience that no human being should ever endure, no matter their nationality,” said claimant Ysqueibel Peñaloza Chirinos. “Being sent to CECOT in El Salvador was complete terror, and the mental and physical abuse was torture.”