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Amnesty International Usa
Amnesty International Welcomes U.S. Supreme Court's Decision to Instruct Appeals Court to Reconsider Former Guantanamo Detainees' Claims of Torture and Abuse
January 4th, 2009
Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA, issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to instruct the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to reconsider the lawsuit of four former Guantanamo Bay detainees -- Shafiq Rasul, Asif Iqbal, Rhuhel Ahmed and Jamal Al-Harith. The men are British citizens or residents and were returned to the United Kingdom in 2004. "We applaud the Supreme Court's efforts to guide the United States back to the rule of law by ordering the Appeals Court to reconsider this case's claims of torture and abuse of the men's religious rights. It is clearer and clearer that the...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2009-01-04)
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