Abu Ghraib

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Abu Ghraib Contractor Torture Case Likely Heading to Trial After US Judge's Order

"The ruling has cleared the way, almost 20 years hence, for our clients to tell their story in open court," said the legal director at the Center for Constitutional Rights, which filed suit on behalf of detainees.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/caci-abu-ghraib?

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20 years later, Abu Ghraib detainees get their day in court Twenty years ago this month, photos of abused prisoners and smiling U.S. soldiers guarding them at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison were released, shocking the world. Now, three survivors of Abu Ghraib will finally get their day in U.S. court against the military contractor they hold responsible for their mistreatment. Read more.

Key points: The defendant in the civil suit, CACI, supplied the interrogators who worked at the prison. The plaintiffs seek to hold CACI responsible for setting the conditions that resulted in the torture they endured. CACI, though, has said the U.S. military is the institution that bears responsibility for the conditions at Abu Ghraib.   There is little dispute that the abuse was horrific. The photos released in 2004 showed naked prisoners stacked into pyramids or dragged by leashes, a soldier smiling and giving a thumbs up while posing next to a corpse and detainees being hooded and attached to electrical wires.   The U.S. government may present a wild card in the trial. Both the plaintiffs and CACI have complained that their cases have been hampered by government assertions that some evidence, if made public, would harm national security. Government lawyers have said they will be at the trial ready to object if witnesses stray into territory they deem to be a state secret.

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Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks in lawsuit filed by former Abu Ghraib prisoners

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after a jury said it was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict in the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq two decades ago.

https://apnews.com/article/abu-ghraib-military-contractor-abuse-detainees-caci-3626690f14850075310a771d95ec5ab1?

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Jury awards Abu Ghraib detainees $42 million, holds contractor responsible

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A U.S. jury on Tuesday awarded $42 million to three former detainees of Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison, holding a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to their torture and mistreatment two decades ago.

https://apnews.com/article/abu-ghraib-civil-trial-iraq-virginia-3a2841ec2892fb111b4e26a70e761208?

Abu Ghraib Detainees Awarded $42 Million in Torture Trial Against U.S. Defense Contractor

For the first time, an American jury has found a U.S. company — CACI — liable for its work at the military prison.

https://theintercept.com/2024/11/12/abu-ghraib-torture-caci/?