Testifying in a civil suit brought by three Salvadorans who accuse their country’s military of torturing them two decades ago, a former U.S. ambassador to El Salvador said Tuesday that the failure of military leaders to rein in murderous troops had been the biggest obstacle to democracy.
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Victim Links Retired General to Torture in El Salvador War
- June 25, 2002
The trial of two retired Salvadoran generals in a two-decade-old torture case opened here today with a witness singling out one of them as a participant in a brutal 24-day interrogation.
U.S. Judge in Atlanta Awards $140 Million to Men Who Claimed Torture in Bosnia
- April 30, 2002
“A federal judge in Atlanta awarded $140 million in damages Monday to four men found to have been tortured and abused by a Bosnian Serb soldier as part of an “ethnic cleansing” campaign in the early 1990s.”
U.S. Court Holds Bosnian Serb Liable for Torture
- April 29, 2002
Practical Justice in Doe v. Lumintang: The Successful Use of Civil Remedies Against “An Enemy of All Mankind”
- February 28, 2002
In a Washington D.C. courtroom on September 10, 2001, US Magistrate Judge Alan Kay brought down a judgment for compensatory and punitive damages of more than $66 million against the defendant in the case of Jane Doe et al versus Johny Lumintang.
Suit Targets Beijing Mayor
- February 11, 2002
The Center for Justice and Accountability announced Saturday it had filed a federal lawsuit against Liu Qi, the mayor of Beijing and president of the Beijing Olympic Committee.
Lawsuit Against Beijing Mayor Shows Falungong Not Forgotten: US Lawyer
- February 10, 2002
A lawsuit filed in the United States against visiting Beijing mayor Liu Qi is a sign to Falungong practitioners in China that the world has not forgotten their plight, a lawyer involved in the case said.
Beijing Mayor, Olympic Committee President Served U.S. Law Suit for Persecution of Falun Gong
- February 8, 2002
Liu Qi, Mayor of Beijing and President of the Beijing Olympic Committee, was served with a law suit filed in U.S. District Court for his responsibility in overseeing severe human rights abuses against Chinese and international Falun Gong practitioners.
Court Issues $66 Million Judgment in Rights Lawsuit Against Indonesian General
- December 31, 2001
In a strong statement on the seriousness of crimes committed against ordinary East Timorese, Judge Alan Kay ruled in early September to hold Indonesian General Johny Lumintang accountable for $66 million in damages for his role in systematic human rights violations following East Timor’s vote for independence in 1999.