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The Abu Ghraib prison is located in Abu Ghraib, an Iraqi city 32 km west of Baghdad. It was built by British contractors in the 1960s and covers 280 acres (1.15 km²) with a total of 24 guard towers. It became internationally known as a place where Saddam Hussein's government tortured and executed dissidents and, later, as the site of abuse of Iraqi suspects by the United States military...
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Top military appeals court upholds Abu Ghraib guard convictions
February 5, 2010
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces [official website] on Friday upheld [case materials] the convictions of two soldiers found guilty of offenses committed as guards at Abu Ghraib prison [JURIST news archive]. Army Spc. Sabrina Harman [opinion, PDF] had been convicted [JURIST repor....... [more]
Federal court rejects Abu Ghraib detainees' lawsuit against contractors
September 12, 2009
[JURIST] A federal appeals court on Friday rejected [opinion, PDF] a lawsuit brought against private contractors by Iraqi plaintiffs alleging torture at the Abu Ghraib prison [JURIST news archive]. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia [official website] held that federal law concerni....... [more]
Guantanamo is symbol of degraded torture convention: UN rights chief
June 25, 2009
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] said [press release] Thursday that the US detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib [JURIST news archives] are "high-profile symbols" of a trend toward finding ways to circumvent the UN Convention Against Tortu....... [more]
Abu Ghraib photos depict rape, sexual assault: ex-US general
May 28, 2009
[JURIST] The photographs of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison [JURIST news archive] that US President Barack Obama [official website] does not want to release include depictions of rape and sexual assault, according to former US Major General Antonio Taguba on Wednesday. In an interview [text] wit....... [more]
Fourth Circuit rules insurer not liable for alleged Iraq abuses by military contractor
May 15, 2009
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Thursday that the insurance company for defense contractor CACI Internationalâ??s [corporate website] has no duty to defend or indemnify CACI against claims of torture at Iraq prisons such as Abu Ghraib [....... [more]
Abu Ghraib guards to appeal convictions after release of interrogation memos
May 2, 2009
[JURIST] Lawyers for former Abu Ghraib [JURIST news archive] guards said the guards intend to appeal their convictions of torture and abuse in light of the recent release of four secret CIA interrogation memos [JURIST report], according to a Friday report [text] in the Washington Post. The lawyers s....... [more]
Federal court denies military contractor motion to dismiss Abu Ghraib torture suit
March 20, 2009
[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia [official website] ruled [order, PDF] in an order made public Thursday that defense contractor CACI International [corporate website] is not immune from a lawsuit brought by Abu Ghraib [JURIST news archive] torture victim....... [more]
Iraq reopens Abu Ghraib prison with promises to follow international standards
February 22, 2009
[JURIST] The Iraqi government has reopened the prison formerly called Abu Ghraib [CBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], promising to operate the prison by international standards and allow inspections by humanitarian groups. In a tour for members of the media Saturday, officials said they hoped to....... [more]
Iraq officials announce reopening of Abu Ghraib prison
January 23, 2009
[JURIST] The prison formerly known as Abu-Ghraib will be reopened as soon as renovations are completed, and will be renamed Baghdad Central Prison, officials from the Iraqi Ministry of Justice in Baghdad announced on Thursday. Several Iraqi government....... [more]
Pentagon appoints new chief judge for US military commissions
December 16, 2008
'[JURIST] The Pentagon announced Monday that US Army Col. James Pohl, who presided over several court-martial proceedings resulting from the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, will be the new chief judge for the US military commissions. Pohl replaces Marine Col........ [more]
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