Former Somali General Admits Liability For War Crimes
- February 23, 2012
A seven year court battle that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court ended in a federal courtroom in Virginia on Thursday when former Somali Gen. Mohamed Ali Samantar admitted liability for war crimes and human rights abuses committed in the late 1980s, when he was the defense minister and commander of military forces in Somalia.
Jesuits Massacre: Spain Requests Extradition of Salvadoran Ex-Military Officials from El Salvador and the U.S.
- January 12, 2012
CJA has confirmed that the formal extradition requests from the Spanish Government have arrived in El Salvador, with simultaneous transmittal to the United States likely, for fifteen former members of the Salvadoran military, including members of the high command. The defendants have all been charged with conspiracy to assassinate and the assassination of 5 Spanish Jesuits and 3 Salvadoran citizens. Of these requests, 13 are for defendants in El Salvador, and 2 are for defendants in the United States
PRESS RELEASE: “Victims’ Right to Remedy: Awarding Meaningful Reparations at the ECCC”
- December 27, 2011
Spanish Government Sends Extradition Requests to Former Senior Salvadoran Government Officials for Their Role in the 1989 Jesuits Massacre
- December 2, 2011
Bay Area Cambodians seek justice in homeland
- November 20, 2011
Six from the Bay Area will be legally represented and could provide testimony during the second international tribunal of Khmer Rouge leaders charged with crimes against humanity.
Three US Survivors To Attend Opening of Khmer Rouge Case
- November 17, 2011
Three Khmer Rouge survivors will stay in Cambodia for one week to witness the first substantial hearing of the trial to date.
U.S.-Based Cambodian Survivors of the Khmer Rouge Regime Make Historic Return to Cambodia to Seek Justice as Second Trial Opens
- November 15, 2011
CJA Remembers Fr. Dean Brackley
- October 17, 2011
CJA mourns the passing of Father Dean Brackley who left this world on Sunday, October 16th surrounded by his Central American family in El Salvador after a struggle with pancreatic cancer. Fr. Dean arrived to El Salvador when he volunteered to join the staff at the Central American University the year after the assassination of his fellow Jesuit priests in order to continue their important work. He spent more than 20 years serving and supporting the poor in El Salvador. Father Dean also believed in the importance of accountability for the massacre and worked closely with CJA on the development of the Jesuits Massacre Case in Spain.
Former Salvadoran Official Wanted In Priest Killings Found In Mass.
- August 18, 2011
A human rights group has discovered that a suspect in the 1989 slaying of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador has been living here in Everett.
