ACLU files lawsuit alleging FBI involvement in rendition of US citizen
November 11, 2009
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed suit [complaint, PDF; press release] Tuesday on behalf of US citizen Amir Meshal, alleging that FBI agents were involved in his interrogation and rendition in Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia in 2007. The suit, filed in the US D....... [more] 
Second Circuit again dismisses Arar rendition suit
November 3, 2009
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Monday that Canadian citizen Maher Arar [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] cannot sue the US government for damages based on his detention in the US and his detention, interrogation, and torture in S....... [more]
Federal judge rules against releasing Guantanamo interrogation documents
October 17, 2009
[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] refused [opinion, PDF] Friday to force the Department of Defense (DOD) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official websites] to release non-redacted versions of documents that allegedly describe the torture....... [more]
UK High Court orders disclosure of redacted torture allegations
October 17, 2009
[JURIST] A British High Court ruled [judgment, PDF] Friday that previously redacted text regarding the alleged torture of former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed [JURIST news archive] should be publicly disclosed. The text in question relates to Mohamed's allegations that, while being held in Paki....... [more]
Supreme Court opens 2009 term with oral arguments in interrogation, discovery cases
October 5, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] officially opened its 2009 term Monday, hearing oral arguments [day call, PDF; merit briefs] in two cases. In Maryland v. Shatzer [oral arguments transcript, PDF; JURIST report], the Court heard arguments on whether the Edwards v........ [more]
Former CIA directors urge Obama to suspend interrogation probe
September 18, 2009
[JURIST] Seven former directors of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] sent a letter [text, PDF] to President Barack Obama Friday urging him to suspend Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] investigation into allegations of prisoner abuse by CIA interrogators. The lette....... [more]
FBI director reports on terrorism interrogations at Senate Judiciary hearing
September 17, 2009
[JURIST] FBI Director Robert Mueller [official profile] addressed the FBI's role in leading the new specialized interrogation group to question top terrorist suspects as well as many other topics in a wide ranging oversight hearing [materials; recorded video] before the Senate Judiciary Committee [o....... [more]
Obama administration to continue rendition of terror suspects with oversight: report
August 25, 2009
[JURIST] The US will continue its practice of sending terror detainees to third countries for interrogation with increased oversight to prevent torture, the New York Times [media website] reported [text] Monday. The practice, known as rendition [JURIST news archive], received worldwide attention dur....... [more]
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