A civilian contractor sent to work as an interrogator at Iraq’s infamous Abu Ghraib prison resigned within two weeks of his arrival and told his corporate bosses that mistreatment of detainees was likely to continue
“To this day I feel humiliation for what was done to me The time I spent in Abu Ghraib — it ended my life. I’m only half a human now.” That’s what Abu Ghraib survivor Talib al-Majli had to say about the 16 months he spent at that notorious prison in Iraq after being captured and detained by American troops on October 31, 2003. In the wake of his release, al-Majli has continued to suffer a myriad of difficulties, including an inability to hold a job thanks to physical and mental-health deficits...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A lawyer for the military contractor being sued by three survivors of the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq told jurors Monday that the plaintiffs are suing the wrong people. “If you believe they were abused … tell them to make their claim against the U.S. government,” said John O’Connor, defense […]
A lawyer for the military contractor being sued by three survivors of the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq told jurors Monday that the plaintiffs are suing the wrong people.
The Senate starts its impeachment proceedings Wednesday against the Homeland Security secretary over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border. The chamber will turn into a courtroom and senators will be sworn in as jurors. But the trial could be over not long after it begins.
With the final members of the jury selected opening statements are set to start Monday in what is expected to be a six-week trial for the Donald Trump hush money case.
The jury will hear evidence that one of the complainants allege that they were abused on a daily basis by the man.
Saga plc (LON:SAGA – Get Free Report) reached a new 52-week low on Wednesday . The stock traded as low as GBX 100.20 ($1.25) and last traded at GBX 104.28 ($1.30), with a volume of 1601453 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX 109 ($1.36). Saga Stock Performance The company has a […]
Jurors convicted the Grammy Award-winning R&B singer on three charges of producing child porn and three charges of enticement of minors for sex in Chicago in 2022
Velasquez, a former UFC mixed-martial arts champion who fought out of San Jose, is charged with trying to kill a man accused of molesting his child, and instead wounding the man’s stepfather.
He relaunched the iconic show in 2004, as 11 celebrities battled it out to be the crowd winner. The show was hosted by former Have I Got News for You anchor Angus Deayton.
Singer had appealed 2022 conviction by a Chicago jury stating Illinois’s shorter statute of limitations applied to his caseThe singer R Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sexual abuse convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday.Jurors in 2022 convicted the Grammy award-winning R&B singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, on three charges of producing child sexual abuse images and three charges of enticement of minors for sex. Continue reading