After 20 years, a trial about US contractor complicity at Abu Ghraib is within reach. Judge Sides With Abu Ghraib Torture Survivors, Refuses to Dismiss Historic Case Against U.S. Military Contractor CACI | Center for Constitutional Rights ccrjustice.org/home/press-cen…

"The ruling has cleared the way, almost 20 years hence, for our clients to tell their story in open court," says Baher Azmy, legal director at The CCR is on bsky (@ccrjustice.org), which filed suit on behalf of detainees tortured by CACI employees. commondreams.org/news/caci-abu-…

"We will have our day in court and the story of Abu Ghraib will be told by me and other men who lived – and – survived it." — Salah Al-Ejaili apnews.com/article/abu-gh…

A lawsuit brought by Iraqi torture survivors appears headed to trial after 15 years of legal wrangling. The men are suing the U.S. military contractor CACI, which provided interrogators at Abu Ghraib prison. Baher Azmy, legal director of The CCR is on bsky (@ccrjustice.org), represents the plaintiffs.

Democracy Now! on Twitter: "A lawsuit brought by Iraqi torture survivors appears headed to trial after 15 years against the U.S. military contractor CACI Baher Azmy, legal director of The CCR is on bsky (@ccrjustice.org), represents the plaintiffs. " / X x.com/democracynow/s…

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Lawsuit by Abu Ghraib Torture Survivors Ends in Mistrial Even as CACI’s Role Made Clear in U.S. Court democracynow.org/2024/5/6/lawsu…

Big win for our clients today. Small measure of justice. Jury says defense contractor must pay $42 million over Abu Ghraib abuses washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

BREAKING: Today, in a landmark verdict, a jury found Virginia-based government contractor CACI liable for its role in the torture of Iraqi men at Abu Ghraib prison in 2003-2004. They 've been ordered to pay millions in damages. Full press release here: bit.ly/abu-ghraib-win

My piece on the predictable -- and once preventable -- dangers of Gtmo 3.0. slate.com/news-and-polit…

Court Blocks U.S. From Sending 3 Venezuelan Migrants to Guantánamo nytimes.com/2025/02/09/us/… small but important win for clients otherwise bound to the latest iteration of the legal black hole.

Center for Constitutional Rights Challenges Trump Migrant Flights to Guantánamo, ICC Sanctions & More democracynow.org/2025/2/11/vinc…

Donald Trump news: One haunting afternoon in a courthouse said it all about America right now. slate.com/news-and-polit…

Conciliation only fuels Trump’s momentum and accelerates our constitutional decline. Baher Azmy, legal director of The CCR is on bsky (@ccrjustice.org) and counsel for Mahmoud Khalil, on Trump’s attacks on law—and lawyers’ existential choice in the face of them: bostonreview.net/articles/lawye…