Falun Gong Advocates Praise Judge’s Ruling
- July 6, 2003
Falun Gong supporters celebrated a report issued by a federal magistrate supporting the rights of six Bay Area practitioners to sue the mayor of Beijing for his alleged involvement in police abuse of the religious group’s members during a 1999 rally.
From Foster City to Chile: Tracking Down a Brother’s Killer
- June 22, 2003
Article on CJA’s case against former Chilean military official Armando Fernandez Larios, and client Zita Cabello-Barrueto’s years spent pursuing justice for her brother’s death.
Honduran Death-Squad Victims Seek Justice in U.S. Courts
- April 21, 2003
It was past 1 a.m. and Berta Oliva was sleeping when a loud knock on the door jarred her awake. Before she could answer, Honduran government security forces broke down the door, and dragged her husband, Tomás Nativí, out of bed. Berta, three months pregnant, clutched him, but security forces struck her to the ground and knocked her unconscious. She never saw her husband again…
Former Officers are Sent Back to Haiti
- January 28, 2003
Reports on the deportation of Dorélien and another Haitian perpetrator, Herbert Valmond, back to Haiti to stand trial for the 1994 Raboteau massacre…
Ex-Haitian Colonel Sued to Pay Massacre Victim’s Family
- January 26, 2003
Covers the filing of CJA’s civil suit against Dorélien…
Bay Activists Win in Fight to Get Human Rights Cases Tried in U.S.
- August 11, 2002
Bay Area organizations, backed by high-powered corporate attorneys, are taking the lead in a growing movement that uses U.S. courts to go after abusers of human rights worldwide.
Torture Victims Win Lawsuit Against Salvadoran Generals
- July 24, 2002
A federal jury in a civil lawsuit ruled yesterday that two retired Salvadoran generals now living in South Florida were responsible for acts of torture committed 20 years ago by troops under their command.
El Salvador’s Vice President Slams U.S. Order Against Generals
- July 24, 2002
El Salvador’s vice president said Wednesday that a U.S. jury had no right to order two former Salvadoran generals to pay $54.6 million in damages to torture victims of the country’s 1980-1992 civil war.
Torture Victims in El Salvador Are Awarded $54 Million
- July 24, 2002
A federal jury ordered two retired Salvadoran generals today to pay $54.6 million in damages to three civilians who were tortured by security forces during El Salvador’s civil war more than 20 years ago.
Florida Jury Convicts 2 Salvadoran Generals of Atrocities – $54.6 million Awarded to Three Torture Victims
- July 24, 2002
Reopening a bloody wound from two decades ago, a U.S. federal court in Florida on Tuesday found two retired Salvadoran generals responsible for torture, rape and other atrocities committed during El Salvador’s civil war.