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Ex-Gitmo Prisoners Refile Torture Suit

HeadlineAug 25, 2009

In other torture news, the Center for Constitutional Rights has refiled a case on behalf of four former Guantanamo prisoners seeking damages from former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and senior American military officials. In a previous ruling, a US district court ruled the four have no constitutional rights and don’t qualify as “persons” under US law.

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