Tag: Torture
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10th Circuit rules cognitively impaired man’s risk of lobotomy, mistreatment in Mexico not ‘torture’
The Denver-based federal appeals court concluded last month that a man’s risk of mistreatment or forced lobotomy in his native Mexico did not amount to “torture” that should shield him from deportation. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit noted that Javier Garcia-Botello’s request for protection under the Convention…
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Ghana says all immigrants deported by the US have been sent home, contradicting lawyers
Authorities in Ghana are pushing back on claims that four African immigrants recently deported by the U.S. remain in Ghanaian detention, reiterating their assertion that all such migrants have been returned to their home countries
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Lawyers say 4 of 14 West Africans deported by US still in Ghana, contradicting official
Lawyers for four of 14 West African men deported by the U.S. to Ghana say the men remain in Ghana and have not been sent to their home countries
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US military contractor argues against $42 million awarded to Abu Ghraib detainees who were tortured
An appeals court has heard oral arguments from a U.S. military contractor ordered to pay $42 million for contributing to the torture and mistreatment of three former detainees of Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago
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Federal judge orders release hearing for torture victim in ‘abhorrent’ immigration custody
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Friday found a “real risk” that the government would try to unlawfully deport a man who was tortured in his home country, and ordered a hearing to determine if he should…
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U.S. judge declines to dismiss charges against West African man accused of torture in Gambia
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge last month declined to dismiss multiple criminal charges in the unique prosecution of a West African man living in Denver, whose alleged acts of torture in his home country could violate U.S. law. Michael Sang Correa faces seven torture-related counts for his…
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Federal judge agrees to enforce part of $2.79 billion judgment against Cuba for torture, killing
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Two brothers who have attempted for years to collect on a $2.79 billion judgment against the Cuban government received a favorable ruling from a federal judge in Colorado, who largely accepted Cuba’s liability for torturing and extrajudicially killing members of the Villoldo family. At the same time, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang directed…