Russians sue U.S. government for torturing them at Guantanamo camp

[struggle4progress]

MOSCOW (AP) - Several Russian citizens who alleged they were tortured while being held at the U.S. navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, said they plan to sue the U.S. government in interviews published Friday.

Timur Ishmuradov, who said he was detained by Taliban forces in Afghanistan in the summer of 2001, charged the U.S. government allowed prison officials at Guantanamo to systematically torture him, Izvestia newspaper reported. <snip>

Ishmuradov and six other Russian citizens were returned to Russia last March. An eighth Russian man, Ravil Mingazov, remains at Guantanamo, Izvestia said. The seven were held at a pretrial detention centre in southern Russia, then released in June. All were seized in Afghanistan by U.S. forces on suspicion of fighting for the Taliban. <snip>

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/WarOnTerrorism/2005/02/04/920895-ap.html

[dxdem]

1. Thank God.

I was hoping something would happen. But where would a case be held? I know we routinely hide behind the fact that supposedly there's no court with jurisdiction and enforcability or some such. Can anybody clarify for me?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

2. I'm not sure how this will be handled

It's civil and not criminal. That's a whole different can of worms. It should be interesting to see how this unfolds.

[paineinthearse]

3. The World Court, with the defendant tried in abstentia?