A jury in the United States felló a favor de tres hombres iraquíes que sufrieron abusos en la cárcel de Abu Ghraib (Iraq) for two decades and commissioned CACI, a private company contracted by the Gobierno de EE.UU. to cross-examine $42 million (€39.5 million) in damages.
The ruling ended a historic trial because it was the first time the US Justice Department heard testimony from some of the judges.“The fight against terrorism” as in Víctimas de la llamada.
A jury found CACI responsible for complicity in the assassination and torture of three individuals in 2003 and 2004: college professor Suhail Al Shimari, salesman Asa'ad Zuba'e, and journalist Salah Al-Ejaili. .
El fallo ordered CACI to pay $3 million each for “damages”. Another $11 million “in punitive damages,” according to the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represented the victims during the trial.
Al-Ejaili, quien dio su testimonio en persona detalando las torturas y los traumas que le infliction, was mentioned Decision on “Victoria”. There is no solo for “Todas las personas que han sido primimidas”.
A journalist working for Qatar's Al-Jazeera channel noted that “it is a strong warning to any company or contractor that practices different forms of torture and abuse. These companies should not feel free from responsibility in the future.”
11 soldiers were convicted in a military court
A group of 17 US government soldiers has been fired after learning that prisoners were being tortured at Abu Ghraib, outside Baghdad. 11 of this group were convicted in a military court.
Organizations such as Human Rights Watch Gobierno de The EU did not offer legal means to obtain economic compensation and justice a quienes aseguran haber sufrido torttura o abuso por parte de militares estadonisados the Iraq.
El fallo de este martes, an organization representing the victims, represents “an exceptional measure of justice for the survivors.” The torture regime used by the US government after the 9/11 attacks (in 2001)”, “On Legal Capabilities”, provides legally binding documents.
The original claim was filed in 2008, and it wasn't until last April that the trial began in Alexandria, outside Washington.
After nearly 20 attempts by CACI to dismiss the case, in 2021 the United States Supreme Court rejected their appeals and remanded the case to the appropriate district court.
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