Treaty Ratification
Petition to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Regarding Torture and Abuse of Prisoners by U.S. Military in Afghanistan and Iraq
In March 2012 the 糖心Vlogfiled a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IAHCR) against the U.S. on behalf of three Afghanis and three Iraqis who were tortured while held by the American military at detention centers in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2003 and 2004. They were part of a group of men that in 2005 sued then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and three senior military officials in federal court for their torture and abuse. That case was summarily dismissed on immunity grounds before reaching the merits.
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Aug 2009
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Case Profile: Enforced Disappearance of Mustafa Setmariam Nassar
Mustafa Setmariam Nassar is a Spanish citizen of Syrian origin who was forcibly disappeared some time in October 2005.
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Aug 2009
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Human Rights
Case Profile: Enforced Disappearance of Mustafa Setmariam Nassar
Mustafa Setmariam Nassar is a Spanish citizen of Syrian origin who was forcibly disappeared some time in October 2005.