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More than 20 years since the revelations of #US torture at #AbuGhraib, three victims were awarded victory in a federal lawsuit against the military contractor complicit in their torture. Yet for most, justice remains elusive.
https://therealnews.com/abu-ghraib-survivors-are-still-fighting-for-justice
A grim reminder of the U.S. invasion of Iraq was the torture of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison. | NPR
@davetroy #JulianAssange was just a hired ‘middle man’ when #AbuGhraib torture, #DemocraticParty nomination rigging, and other ‘classified’ information was published by #Wikileaks.
Since #ElonMusk is the middle man in the #DOGE heist, there is no reason for Assange to be involved. I suspect #Russia to broadcast some info on #RT but keep other information secret for its own most ‘effective’ and nefarious uses.
#Resist to #SaveAmerica.
#DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol
>> #Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, Pete #Hegseth: "We don't need burdensome rules."
Two decades after #GeorgeWBush, a #DefenseSecretary nominee is dismissing laws incorporating #GenevaConvention even before he's confirmed.
#Bush at least blurted out a word salad on national TV about #disgraceful conduct. Trump won't even deign to do that.
#DonaldRumsfeld #PeteHegseth #HumanRights #AbuGhraib
https://www.hrw.org/report/2004/06/09/road-abu-ghraib
This was almost a month ago - Nov 12, 2024. I learned about it right now, Dec 3, 2024.
Abu Ghraib detainees awarded $42 million in torture trial against U.S. defence contractor.
https://fair.org/home/at-abu-ghraib-there-was-a-conspiracy-to-torture/
Great, that only took horrible acts of torture and 20+ years of the victims' lives. Still and all, big ups to the survivors and their supporters for sticking with this for so long. Abu Ghraib and the insane system of Bush-era "private contractors" (i.e., mercenaries) should never be forgotten or rehabilitated -- which includes, you know, not running for office on the support of the Cheney family.
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Today, in a landmark verdict, a jury in a federal court found a Virginia-based government contractor liable for its role in the torture of Iraqi men at Abu Ghraib prison in 2003-2004 and ordered it to pay each of the three plaintiffs $3 million in compensatory damages and $11 million in punitive damages, for a total of $42 million. The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed in 2008 against CACI Premier Technology, Inc., on behalf of three men who endured the sorts of torture and abuse made infamous by leaked images that horrified the world twenty years ago. The jury in an earlier trial last April was unable to reach a unanimous decision; today’s verdict comes from a retrial with a new jury.
The jury found CACI liable for conspiring to torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of Suhail Al Shimari, a middle school principal, Asa’ad Zuba’e, a fruit vendor, and Salah Al-Ejaili, a journalist. The men were all held at the “hard site,” the part of the prison where the most severe abuses occurred. Along with hundreds of other Iraqis tortured at Abu Ghraib, they have suffered long-standing physical and emotional effects.
Jurado de #EEUU concede indemnización a los detenidos de #AbuGhraib
El veredicto histórico ocurrió después de 16 años de litigio y fue la primera vez que una empresa civil #estadounidense es declarada de manera legal culpable de los horripilantes actos de violencia perpetrados en la referida cárcel.
http://es.mdn.tv/8B8i
US military contractor CACI to face retrial over allegations of torture at #Iraq prison
Tyler Li | U. Ottawa Faculty of Law, CA
June 15, 2024
"The case against #CACI is one of many legal actions against private military contractors accused of detainee abuse, including those against #TitanCorporation (later known as L-3 Services) and CACI for their roles in alleged abuse at #AbuGhraib, as well as against #Blackwater for incidents like the #NisourSquare massacre in #Baghdad. Many of these cases faced similar legal challenges, specifically dismissals based on national security concerns and the complexities of applying US law to actions taken in war zones."
#Iraqis Tortured at #AbuGhraib Win $42 Million Judgment Against U.S. Military Contractor #CACI
#DemocracyNow
November 14, 2024
"A federal jury in Virginia has ordered the U.S. military contractor CACI Premier Technology to pay a total of $42 million to three Iraqi men who were tortured at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison. The landmark verdict comes after 16 years of litigation and marks the first time a civilian contractor has been found legally responsible for the gruesome abuses at Abu Ghraib. We discuss the case and its significance for #HumanRights with Baher Azmy, the legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represented the Abu Ghraib survivors. 'This lawsuit has been about justice and accountability for three Iraqi men — our clients, Salah, Suhail and Asa’ad — who exhibited just awe-inspiring courage and resilience,' he says."
Watch (full transcript available later today):
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/14/baher_azmy_caci_guantanamo_lawsuit_torture
I didn't see this on The Guardian or the NYT. Thought it's worth spreading the news
https://thedissenter.org/jury-finds-us-military-contractor-caci-guilty-of-abu-ghraib-torture/
> What unfolded was a “rare instance” in the past 20 years since 9/11, “where torture survivors were heard and vindicated in a U.S. court."
EXISTS IN THE WORLD 
Nach 20 Jahren des Kampfes um Gerechtigkeit haben drei ehemalige Häftlinge von Abu Ghraib eine Millionenentschädigung erhalten! 
Die Jury sprach jedem Kläger 3 Millionen Dollar plus 11 Millionen Dollar Strafschadenersatz zu. Ein wichtiger Schritt für Rechenschaft und Menschenrechte! 
#AbuGhraib #Menschenrechte #Gerechtigkeit
Diese Bilder & die Taten hätten niemals stattfinden dürfen.
Millionenentschädigung für drei Folteropfer aus Abu-Ghraib-Gefängnis
Fotos von gefolterten Häftlingen im Gefängnis Abu Ghraib im Irak sorgten vor rund 20 Jahren für Entsetzen. Elf US-Soldaten wurden seitdem verurteilt. Jetzt wurde drei früheren Häftlingen eine Millionenentschädigung zugesprochen.
Jury says defense contractor must pay $42 million over Abu Ghraib abuses - The Washington Post
https://archive.ph/tY1aM
This article is another example of how sometimes the title of a piece alone communicates precisely everything you need to know about an issue, in this case the reality that Israel is running illegal torture camps for Palestinian prisoners right out in the open - even if the Pig Empire media is curiously disinterested in talking about it:
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/israel-prison-torture
Where Is the Mass Outrage Over Israel’s Abu Ghraib?
"In recent days, it has become all too clear that something comparable to Abu Ghraib—and very possibly worse—has been taking place in Israeli prisons since October 7 when the war on Gaza broke out.
This week, appalling leaked video footage captured Israeli soldiers sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee, just as a report from the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem highlighted the state’s policy of systematic prisoner abuse and torture since the start of the war.
The report, based on interviews with 55 Palestinians detained since the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7, is distressing to read. It provides evidence of degrading treatment, arbitrary beatings, and sleep deprivation, as well as the “repeated use of sexual violence, in varying degrees of severity.”
As I've mentioned before while pursuing my own writing and research, I personally find the lack of mainstream reporting on Israeli atrocities against Palestinian prisoners (particularly at the notorious Sde Teiman prison) absolutely dumbfounding unless one simply accepts that it's clear evidence of the Pig Empire establishment's *active* attempts to cover up the crimes involved here on behalf of a MENA region ally; something that objectively runs counter to everything journalism is supposed to be about. What I hadn't considered however, was how much clearer the picture of an intentional cover up becomes when you compare the media response to these stories, and their reaction to the exposure of Iraq War-era abuses by American military personnel at the equally notorious Abu Ghraib prison just over two decades ago. In that context, the author's use of the term "omerta" to describe the intentional blanket of silence being placed over this story (and numerous other stories of Israeli human rights abuses just like it) is more than apt, and taken together makes it clear that the entire Pig Empire establishment, at both the state level and in for-profit media organizations, is actively complicit in those crimes in a very real, legally-defined sense of the word.
Now with global media focussing on the aerial bombardment of #Beirut and the #assassination of Ismail Hanniye in #Tehran, nobody talks about #SdeTeiman anymore. The Israeli detention centre judged more atrocious than #AbuGhraib even by Israeli institutions was the site of a rare confrontation with the ugly truth about the Israeli military (and society) only a couple of days ago, when military police arrested ten soldiers for gang raping Palestinian prisoners and the base being subsequently stormed by the extreme right.
So please, read about #SdeTeiman. You could start here: https://www.haaretz.com/search-results?q=Sde+teiman, https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Sde+teiman&as_sitesearch=www.theguardian.com
Persino i suoi amici hanno faticato a riconoscerlo all'inizio.
Assomigliava a un detenuto rilasciato da #Guantanamo Bay o da #AbuGhraib.
È un attivista politico di lungo corso che ha perso alcuni familiari nella lotta.
Sua figlia Ahed diventò un simbolo internazionale della resistenza palestinese a 14 anni dopo aver schiaffeggiato -che il cielo ci aiuti!- sua eccellenza un ufficiale dell'esercito israeliano, che ha il permesso di schiaffeggiare e persino di uccidere a suo piacimento.
Tamimi è stato spezzato.
Gli amici dicono che è in preda al panico, alla paura e allo shock dopo quello che ha subito nei famigerati bracci delle prigiono per detenuti di sicurezza che operano nello spirito di Itamar #BenGvir. 
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