Iraqis mistreated at Abu Ghraib obtain $42 million in problems– DW– 11/12/2024

A government court in Virginia on Tuesday bought a United States protection specialist to pay $42 million (EUR40 million) in problems to 3 Iraqi guys hurt at Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq in 2003-2004.

The eight-person court discovered CACI Premier Technology accountable in case for its duty in the torment of detainees as the United States executed its battle on al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and after that later on in Iraq.

Suhail Al Shimari, Salah Al-Ejaili and Asaad Al-Zubae were each granted $3 million in countervailing problems and $11 million each in compensatory damages.

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Beyond declaring no professionals had call with the offenders while at Abu Ghraib, legal representatives for Virginia- based CACI said the firm was exempt for their actions as they were running together with United States military employees under a lawful concept referred to as the “borrowed servants” teaching.

All 3 Iraqis indicated that they were literally and mentally hurt; experiencing whippings, sexual assault, electroshocks, intimidated with pets as they stood nude and hooded, pushed into tension placements, to name a few misuses.

“Today was a big day for me and for justice,” stated Salah Al-Ejaili The reporter launched a created declaration claiming: “I’ve waited a long time for this day. This victory isn’t only for the three plaintiffs in this case against a corporation. This victory is a shining light for everyone who has been oppressed and a strong warning to any company or contractor practicing different forms of torture and abuse.”

Baher Azmy, an attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights– the company that submitted the legal action on the complainants’ part– called the judgment “an important measure of justice and accountability.”

Azmy commended the complainants for their strength, “especially in the face of all the obstacles CACI threw their way.”

The legal action was initial submitted in 2008, however a judgment took 15 years as the outcome of CACI’s lawful movements and numerous efforts to have the situation rejected.

js/sms (AFP, AP)