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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 kmē) 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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Abu Ghraib ex-detainee files 'torture' lawsuit against US military contractors
May 5, 2008
[JURIST] A former Iraqi detainee filed a lawsuit against two private US military contractors Monday alleging that he was tortured tortured while held at the Abu Ghraib prison [JURIST news archive] in Iraq in 2003, according to AP. Emad al-Janabi said that employees of CACI International and L-3.... [more]
Former CIA 'ghost detainee' describes interrogation abuses in Amnesty report
March 14, 2008
[JURIST] A former CIA "ghost detainee" [JURIST news archive] detailed torture and abuse by agency interrogators at Iraq's Abu Ghraib [JURIST news archive] prison and a secret CIA facility in Afghanistan in an Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] report [text] released Friday. Khaled Abdu.... [more]
US judge rules Abu Ghraib abuse lawsuit can proceed against defense contractor
November 7, 2007
[JURIST] The US District Court for the District of Columbia denied a motion [order, PDF; press release] Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit against CACI International [corporate website], an American military contractor being sued over its alleged involvement in the torture of prisoners at Iraq's Abu.... [more]
UN expert invited to investigate alleged US extrajudicial killings in Iraq, Afghanistan
October 27, 2007
[JURIST] UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions [official website] Philip Alston [JURIST news archive] said Friday he is planning an official visit to the US to investigate allegations of unlawful killings by US military and non-military actors in Iraq and Afghanistan. Incidents like.... [more]
US under Bush has 'abandoned the basic principles of human rights': Carter
October 10, 2007
[JURIST] Former US President Jimmy Carter [official profile; JURIST news archive] said Wednesday that under the Bush administration the United States "for the first time in my lifetime has abandoned the basic principles of human rights". He told CNN's Wolf Blitzer in an interview [recorded video]: ".... [more]
US civilian defense contractors on trial for Abu Ghraib abuses
October 3, 2007
[JURIST] Two American military contractors go on trial Wednesday for their alleged involvement in the torture of prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison [JURIST news archive]. The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights brought a racketeering lawsuit [JURIST report; CCR materials] in 2004.... [more]
US soldier jailed for Abu Ghraib detainee abuse released on parole
October 2, 2007
[JURIST] Former US Army Reserve Staff Sergeant Ivan "Chip" Frederick [BBC profile] was released on parole Monday from a military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he was incarcerated for three years after pleading guilty [JURIST report] to abusing prisoners at the Abu Ghraib detention.... [more]
Abu Ghraib intelligence officer reprimanded, spared jail time
August 29, 2007
[JURIST] US Army Lt. Col. Steven Jordan [CBS profile; JURIST news archive] was reprimanded Wednesday following his conviction [JURIST report] earlier this week for disobeying an order not to discuss the investigation into allegations of abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison [JURIST news archive]. The.... [more]
Abu Ghraib officer acquitted of not controlling soldiers, convicted on other charges
August 28, 2007
[JURIST] US Army Lt. Col. Steven Jordan [CBS profile; JURIST news archive] was acquitted by a military jury Tuesday of failing to control soldiers under his command who abused detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison [JURIST news archive]. He was convicted, however, of disobeying an order not to.... [more]
Military jury begins deliberations in Abu Ghraib intelligence officer court-martial
August 27, 2007
[JURIST] The military jury in the case against US Army Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan [CBS profile; JURIST news archive] began deliberations Monday to decide charges against Jordan relating to the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal [JURIST news archive]. During closing arguments in Jordan's court-martial,.... [more]
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