U.S. Supreme Court,
Civil Rights
Jul. 3, 2017
Victim of brutal CIA torture wants trial moved to federal court
The government has until July 31 to respond to Add al-Rahim al-Nashiri's cert petition. The Supreme Court should review his case and find that "extraordinary circumstances" due to the torture he endured require disbanding the military commission.
Marjorie Cohn
Professor Emerita
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Phone: (619) 961-4219
Fax: (619) 961-1219
Santa Clara Univ School of Law
Marjorie Cohn is professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, former president of the National Lawyers Guild and a retired criminal defense attorney. Her books include “The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse” and “Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral and Geopolitical Issues.” See http://marjoriecohn.com/.
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri has been held in U.S. custody without trial or habeas review for 15 years. In late 2002, he was seized by local authorities in Dubai and turned over to the CIA. Al-Nashiri was held incommunicado until 2006 at the secret "black sites" and subjected to the most extreme forms of torture and abuse the United States has ever utilized.
Al-Nashiri was waterboarded, a rag placed over his forehead and eyes, and water ...
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