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The Guardian
July 11, 2016
Meanwhile, Iraqi oil revenues were used to fund reconstruction, the majority of it carried out by US and UK contractors. Chilcot noted that by the end of the CPA's first year of occupation, there were more than 60 UK companies working in Iraq, on contracts worth an estimated $2.6bn. To the victor, the spoils.
The Guardian
November 28, 2015
Gross and his wife sued the federal government in 2012 for negligence, but the lawsuit was thrown out and the supreme court in April rejected his appeal. He has since joined a new lobbying effort aimed at greater engagement between Cuba and the US. Gross has also settled with the US Agency forÃÂ ...
Al Jazeera America
October 14, 2015
In 2015 eastern Arkansas had the most filings in federal court of any U.S. region, and the number of suits filed increased by more than 30 percent compared with five years earlier. ... Lawsuits against prisons and jails start as grievances about everything from bad food and missed mail to prisoner abuse.
Al Jazeera America
June 10, 2015
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced the arrests of former guard Brian Coll and current guard Byron Taylor in Ronald Spear's death following a federal ... New York City settled a lawsuit last year for $2.75 million stemming from the death, which was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner's office.
Al Jazeera America
December 8, 2014
His mother, Alma Murdough, had intended to sue over her son's death, but city officials agreed to a $2.25 million settlement before her lawsuit was filed. "She should never have had that job," Alma Murdough said Monday after being informed of the charges, adding she hoped Lackner was convicted andÃÂ ...
Bureau of Investigative Journalism
June 25, 2012
Given that these events took place during the invasion of Iraq by British and US troops, they could constitute war crimes as outlined in international law. 'Station 22' the second of the camps named by the Mail on Sunday, was not registered with the Red Cross, thus contravening the Geneva Conventions.
The Crime Report
July 21, 2011
In recent years Mississippi reduced its Parchman supermax population by 90 percent, also without upheaval. But reforms there were forced by an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawsuit. In Maine the reforms came about after a grassroots political campaign — and the appointment of a commissionerÃÂ ...
Mother Jones
November 9, 2005
Inside, he sat down at a table that faced a map of the Middle East, and over eight hours and two days answered questions about his two years in American captivity. Mustafa, who is Palestinian, said he earned a master's degree in Islamic law in Saudi Arabia, but as a young teacher he had trouble making a living in the WestÃÂ ...
AlterNet
July 19, 2017
Passaro is the only US civilian prosecuted for prisoner abuse or torture. Wray is quoted in the indictment saying: “The criminal abuse of personsÃÂ ...
Just Security
October 29, 2016
... it's supporting to abide by international law when they take prisoners. ... but even there, human rights advocates worry about prisoner abuse,ÃÂ ...
CounterPunch
January 5, 2016
Both the Banks Commentary and TF19 cite U.S. government ... When word first reached Washington of the photographs of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, Gen. .... of the American Correctional Association and international law.
Legally India
October 17, 2015
The U.S. government refers to the prison as “COBALT. ... are seeking justice through a lawsuit against the men who designed .... With the decision to set aside one of the most important rights instruments in international law, the U.S. ..... of very low-level soldiers and one CIA contractor for prisoner abuse.
Al Jazeera America
October 14, 2015
... had the most filings in federal court of any U.S. region, and the number ... about everything from bad food and missed mail to prisoner abuse.
Al Jazeera America
June 10, 2015
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced the arrests of former guard Brian ... New York City settled a lawsuit last year for $2.75 million stemmingÃÂ ...
The Hill (blog)
March 21, 2015
A federal judge Friday ordered the U.S. to release pictures of detainee ... the images reveal alleged prisoner abuse by U.S. military forces.
Reason (blog)
January 29, 2015
Because al-Marri was tortured by the U.S. Navy for two years, he pleaded guilty to one low-level crime, instead of ... authorized prisoner abuse.
Al Jazeera America
December 8, 2014
His mother, Alma Murdough, had intended to sue over her son's death, but city officials agreed to a $2.25 million settlement before her lawsuitÃÂ ...
CBS News
August 6, 2011
Charles Graner Jr., 42, was released from the U.S. Disciplinary ... Press that the "easy" release of a criminal who "committed a war crime" wouldÃÂ ...
The Crime Report
July 21, 2011
Only the United States uses it for massive numbers of prisoners, a practice that has ... But reforms there were forced by an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawsuit. ... of America, which has seen its share of prisoner-abuse scandals. ... and, under international law, is increasingly considered torture.
Center for Research on Globalization
December 2, 2009
“Canada's detainee practices alienated us from the population and strengthened the insurgency.” ... (Of note, Canada's expressed concern about prisoner abuse only ... Colvin's testimony might never have taken place if not for a lawsuit ... international law, including the Geneva Conventions on warfare.
Independent
March 29, 2008
... civil legal action against the Government and yesterday's admission is ... in which the highest-ranking officer to be charged with prisoner abuse, ... force, said last night: "This confession of guilt is a victory for us. ... to plead guilty to a war crime, that of treating prisoners inhumanely, and is jailed for a year.
