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Somalis Can Sue Ex-Prime Minister in US

By Richard C. PaddockJun 1st 2010 – 4:37PM
Center for Justice & Accountability

Center for Justice & Accountability

(June 1) -- Somalis seeking justice in the U.S. for human rights abuses in their homeland praised a U.S. Supreme Court decision today allowing a lawsuit against Somalia's former prime minister to go forward. "I am so happy," said Aziz Mohamed Deria, a plaintiff in the suit whose father and brother were killed by Somali...

Can US Be Haven for Those Who Sanction Torture?

By Richard C. PaddockFeb 19th 2010 – 4:12PM
Center for Justice & Accountability

Center for Justice & Accountability

SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 19) -- When Mohamed Ali Samantar, former prime minister of Somalia, arrived in the United States in 1997, he quietly took up residence in Virginia, far from the violence and chaos of his homeland. Now he has become the focal point of a Supreme Court case that will decide whether he can be held...

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