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Davis Wright Lawyer Plans Suit on Behalf of Detainee Who Claims Torture
Posted 58 minutes ago
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A partner at Davis Wright Tremaine is planning to file suit on behalf of a former Guantanamo detainee who claims he was tortured as part of the Bush administration’s extraordinary rendition program.
The former detainee, Muhammad Saad Iqbal, says he was beaten, subjected to electric shocks, forced to drink liquids spiked with drugs and deprived of sleep, the New York Times reports. He was released from Guantanamo in August and sent to Pakistan, where he received surgery for a severe ear infection.
American officials told the Times that Iqbal was arrested in Jakarta, Indonesia, after bragging that he knew how to make a shoe bomb. U.S. officials concluded from initial questioning that he was a braggart… Continue reading...
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