Ex-Guantanamo detainees torture lawsuit ruling [DC Circuit]

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Ex-Guantanamo detainees torture lawsuit ruling [DC Circuit]

January 11, 2008 05:05:00 pm

Shafiq Rasul et al. v. Richard Myers, Air Force General et al., January 11, 2008 [ruling that four former Guantanamo Bay detainees – all UK citizens – do not have the right to sue high-ranking US government officials for alleged torture and infringement of religious practice during their captivity]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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