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What happened in Abu Ghraib and why did a US court award damages?

The case marks the first time victims of abuse at the hands of US soldiers in Iraq in 2004 have testified to a jury in court. A United States jury has ruled that Virginia-based defence contractor CACI must pay $42m to three Iraqi men who were tortured at the Abu Ghraib prison in 2004. A civil lawsuit against CACI by …

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U.S. jury awards $42 million to detainees mistreated while held in Abu Ghraib prison

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U.S. jury awards $42 million to detainees mistreated while held in Abu Ghraib prison A U.S. jury awarded $42 million in damages to detainees mistreated while being held in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq two decades ago. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: A U.S. jury has awarded three survivors of the Abu Ghraib prison $42 million. Well, the jury said this U.S. …

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Jury awards Abu Ghraib detainees $42 million, holds contractor responsible

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — 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 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 …

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Jury awards Abu Ghraib detainees $42 million, holds contractor responsible

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — 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 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 …

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A U.S. jury awards former Iraqi detainees $42 million for Abu Ghraib prison abuse

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A U.S. jury awards former Iraqi detainees $42 million for Abu Ghraib prison abuse toggle caption Dana Verkouteren/AP ALEXANDRIA, Va. — 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 ago. Sponsor Message They did not …

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Jury awards Abu Ghraib detainees $42M, holds contractor responsible

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The three testified that they were subjected to beatings, sexual abuse, forced nudity and other cruel treatment at the prison. They did not allege that CACI’s interrogators explicitly inflicted the abuse themselves, but argued CACI was complicit because its interrogators conspired with military police to “soften up” detainees for questioning with harsh treatment. Baher Azmy, a lawyer for the Center …

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Jury awards three Abu Ghraib detainees $42 million, holds contractor responsible

LA Times

A courtroom sketch depicts former Abu Ghraib detainee Salah Al-Ejaili, foreground with glasses, at the trial of Virginia-based military contractor CACI in federal court in Alexandria, Va., this spring. 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 …

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Abu Ghraib torture survivors win US civil case, $42m damages

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Defence contractor CACI, whose employees worked at Abu Ghraib, is ordered to pay damages after 15 years of legal delays. A United States defence contractor must pay $42m to three Iraqi men who were tortured at Abu Ghraib prison, a US federal jury has ruled. While they did not allege that CACI’s interrogators explicitly inflicted the abuse themselves, they argued …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Protesters fight to keep Israel's 'Abu Ghraib' open as graphic footage appears to show sexual assault of detainee

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Protesters have disrupted an Israeli Supreme Court hearing on a secretive military facility where Israeli forces are alleged to have abused and tortured Palestinian detainees, as graphic footage emerges appearing to show the sexual assault of a detainee. Warning: This story contains graphic details and images Dozens of Gazan detainees held at the secretive and controversial Sde Teiman detention centre …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in lawsuit filed by former Abu Ghraib prisoners

Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a jury said it was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict in the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq two decades ago. The eight-member civil jury in Alexandria deadlocked on accusations the civilian interrogators who …

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Abu Ghraib: Iraqi victims’ case against US contractor ends in mistrial

Al Jazeera

Three survivors sued the company CACI in civil court for abuses committed at the hands of US soldiers and contractors inside the prison. The trial focused on the human rights abuses committed at the prison following the US’s invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq. At question in the Virginia trial was whether civilian interrogators, supplied to the US Army by …

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Jury at Abu Ghraib civil trial might not be able to reach verdict: judge says

Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The judge presiding over the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to the mistreatment of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq two decades ago speculated Wednesday that the jury may not be able to reach a verdict after it concluded a seventh day of deliberations. “It’s a very difficult case,” U.S. District Judge …

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The Abu Ghraib case is an important milestone for justice

Al Jazeera

Three Iraqi survivors of torture at Abu Ghraib finally get the chance to have their voices heard and seek redress. This case, brought forth by three Iraqi men – Suhail Najim Abdullah al-Shimari, Salah Hasan Nusaif al-Ejaili and Asa’ad Hamza Hanfoosh Zuba’e – is the only one by survivors of Abu Ghraib against a military contractor that has reached trial. …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

The Abu Ghraib abuse scandal 20 years on: What redress for victims?

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Two decades since images of Iraqi men being abused by US soldiers shocked the world, victims are still seeking justice through civil actions against military subcontractors. For example, the report said Red Cross observers had witnessed US soldiers mistreating Abu Ghraib prisoners by keeping them naked in total darkness in empty cells. In September, Human Rights Watch said: “The US …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Jury in Abu Ghraib trial says it is deadlocked; judge orders deliberations to continue

Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A judge ordered jurors Friday to keep deliberating after they said they were deadlocked in a lawsuit alleging a Virginia-based military contractor is liable for abuses suffered by inmates at the Abu Ghraib prion in Iraq two decades ago. The trial, which began April 15, is the first time a U.S. jury has heard claims of mistreatment …

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Jury deliberating in Iraq Abu Ghraib prison abuse civil case; contractor casts blame on Army

Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A lawyer for the military contractor being sued by three survivors of the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq told jurors Monday that the plaintiffs are suing the wrong people. tell them to make their claim against the U.S. government,” said John O’Connor, defense attorney for Reston, Virginia-based military contractor CACI, during closing arguments at the civil …

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Abu Ghraib detainee shares emotional testimony during trial against Virginia military contractor

Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former detainee at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison described to jurors Monday the type of abuse that is reminiscent of the scandal that erupted there 20 years ago: beatings, being stripped naked and threatened with dogs, stress positions meant to induce exhaustion and pain. Al-Ejaili and two other Abu Ghraib detainees are suing Virginia-based military contractor …

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20 years later, Abu Ghraib detainees get their day in US court

Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Twenty years ago this month, photos of abused prisoners and smiling U.S. soldiers guarding them at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison were released, shocking the world. 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 …

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20 years later, Abu Ghraib detainees get their day in U.S. court

LA Times

This late 2003 photo obtained by the Associated Press shows an unidentified detainee standing on a box with a bag on his head and wires attached to him in Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq. Twenty years ago this month, photos of abused prisoners and smiling U.S. soldiers guarding them at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison were released, shocking the world. …

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1 year, 3 months ago

US has failed to compensate tortured victims of its Iraq prisons: HRW

Al Jazeera

The US has failed to redress Iraqis who suffered from systemic torture and abuse in its prisons during the invasion. Two decades on, the United States has failed to provide redress or compensation to Iraqi victims of its military’s torture and abuse at Abu Ghraib and other prisons, according to Human Rights Watch. “Twenty years on, Iraqis who were tortured …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Abu Ghraib survivor: Taking the hood off 20 years after Iraq war

Al Jazeera

A former detainee at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq recounts the horror and pain of his incarceration two decades after the war. Meet Ali Shallal al-Qaysi, the man under the hood of the torture photos from the infamous Abu Ghraib prison. But with testimony from two decades ago, his deformed hand that earned him the nickname “the claw”, …

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3 years, 3 months ago

The art and torture of the empire

Al Jazeera

Who remembers Abu Ghraib? Names such as Specialist Charles Graner, PFC Lynndie England, or Brigadier General Janis Karpinski became synonymous with the horror of Abu Ghraib torture chambers, but names like George W Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld remained respected and honoured in “the land of the free and the home of the brave”. Perhaps the most widely known …

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3 years, 3 months ago

The Course of the Forever Wars: Amnesia

Al Jazeera

The Take looks at how ongoing struggles for accountability at Abu Ghraib prison reveal the changes of war since 9/11. Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison was once a front-page headline in the “war on terror”. To mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11, over the next 3 episodes, we’re bringing you “The Course of the Forever Wars” — a special series looking …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Judge unimpressed by latest argument in Abu Ghraib case

Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A military contractor being sued for alleged complicity in the torture of inmates at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison argued Friday that recent Supreme Court cases make clear it can’t be held liable for misconduct that occurred overseas, but a judge was skeptical. John O’Connor, a lawyer for CACI, said at a hearing Friday in U.S. District Court …

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What happened in Abu Ghraib and why did a US court award damages?

U.S. jury awards $42 million to detainees mistreated while held in Abu Ghraib prison

Jury awards Abu Ghraib detainees $42 million, holds contractor responsible

Jury awards Abu Ghraib detainees $42 million, holds contractor responsible

A U.S. jury awards former Iraqi detainees $42 million for Abu Ghraib prison abuse

Jury awards Abu Ghraib detainees $42M, holds contractor responsible

Jury awards three Abu Ghraib detainees $42 million, holds contractor responsible

Abu Ghraib torture survivors win US civil case, $42m damages

Protesters fight to keep Israel's 'Abu Ghraib' open as graphic footage appears to show sexual assault of detainee

Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in lawsuit filed by former Abu Ghraib prisoners

Abu Ghraib: Iraqi victims’ case against US contractor ends in mistrial

Jury at Abu Ghraib civil trial might not be able to reach verdict: judge says

The Abu Ghraib case is an important milestone for justice

The Abu Ghraib abuse scandal 20 years on: What redress for victims?

Jury in Abu Ghraib trial says it is deadlocked; judge orders deliberations to continue

Jury deliberating in Iraq Abu Ghraib prison abuse civil case; contractor casts blame on Army

Abu Ghraib detainee shares emotional testimony during trial against Virginia military contractor

20 years later, Abu Ghraib detainees get their day in US court

20 years later, Abu Ghraib detainees get their day in U.S. court

US has failed to compensate tortured victims of its Iraq prisons: HRW

Abu Ghraib survivor: Taking the hood off 20 years after Iraq war

The art and torture of the empire

The Course of the Forever Wars: Amnesia

Judge unimpressed by latest argument in Abu Ghraib case