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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide a case from a Guantanamo Bay detainee who is battling with the federal government for information about his detention in a CIA black site following the 2001 terrorist attacks.
The court will likely hear arguments this fall.
Abu Zubaydah is seeking a court order to subpoena two CIA contractors who developed the interrogation techniques used by President George W. Bush s administration in overseas facilities in the wake of the attacks, which lawmakers in both parties, international courts and human rights groups have called torture. The federal government counters that the information Zubaydah wants would reveal state secrets.
Supreme Court to review Guantanamo torture case. U.S. claims national security
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A member of the military walks at the Camp 5 detention center during a media tour at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in April 2019.Doug Mills / New York Times 2019Show MoreShow Less
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His lawyers say Abu Zubaydah suffered brain damage.Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
The Supreme Court granted the government’s request Monday to review a ruling allowing lawyers for a Guantanamo Bay inmate who was subjected to brutal treatment at the U.S. prison and CIA “black sites” to question two psychologists who designed the government’s interrogation program.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case from a Guantanamo detainee seeking information after he was held in a CIA “black site” following the Sept. 11 attacks.
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WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the U.S. government’s bid to prevent two former CIA contractors from being questioned in a criminal investigation in Poland over their role in interrogating a suspected high-ranking al Qaeda figure who was repeatedly subjected to waterboarding.
The justices will take up the government’s appeal of a lower court ruling that Central Intelligence Agency contractors James Elmer Mitchell and John Bruce Jessen could be subpoenaed under a U.S. law that allows federal courts to enforce a request for testimony or other evidence for a foreign legal proceeding.
Council of Europe launches two Projects in the Republic of Moldova to continue supporting reforms in the criminal justice sector
Promoting a human rights compliant criminal justice system in the Republic of Moldova
The Programme ”Promoting a human rights compliant criminal justice system in the Republic of Moldova” is in line with the strategic priorities for cooperation as formulated in the Council of Europe Action Plan for the Republic of Moldova for 2017-2020, and is funded by the Norwegian government.
It is aimed to ensure a higher respect for human rights and the rule of law by assisting the national authorities in building up an efficiently functioning criminal justice system, in line with European human rights standards, and based on the principles of humanisation, resocialisation and restorative justice.