Torture Suit Begins for Salvadoran Officer
- October 31, 2005
A former Salvadoran Army colonel was in a U.S. court Monday to defend himself against accusations that his soldiers tortured and killed civilians during El Salvador’s civil war in the 1980s…
Haitian women sue former strongman
- September 13, 2005
It’s been more than a decade, but one woman can still hear the tiny voice that broke through the silence after she was brutally raped by paramilitary officers in Haiti. “Mom, did you die?” her young son asked her in the darkness. “Did you die?…”
Exporting Justice
- April 18, 2005
One morning in November 1981, three armed Somali security officers showed up at Bashe Abdi Yousuf’s warehouse. They pushed him into a Land Cruiser, drove him to a detention center and tortured him for two months…
Crimes Against Humanity Verdict is First in U.S.
- April 18, 2005
Article on a Miami federal appeals court’s decision to uphold a $4 million judgment against CJA defendant and former Chilean military officer Armando Fernandez Larios.
‘Death Squad’ Verdict Upheld
- March 16, 2005
Article on CJA defendant Armando Fernandez Larios’ unsuccessful attempt to appeal a 2003 verdict that found him liable for the 1973 killing of Winston Cabello.
Torture Verdict Is Reversed
- March 2, 2005
A federal appeals court has reversed a $54.6 million verdict against two retired Salvadoran generals — one of them a Broward County resident — accused of turning a blind eye to the torture of citizens during their country’s bloody civil war two decades ago.
3 Expatriate Women Sue Haitian Rebel Chief S.F. Group Files Suit Alleging Rapes, Beating by Militias
- January 24, 2005
One woman was gang-raped twice for being a pro-democracy leader, another was beaten for speaking out after her husband disappeared at the hands of Haiti’s oppressive military regime, and the third was raped by paramilitaries as a message to her activist husband…
Ex-Haitian Strongman Sued Over Attacks
- January 15, 2005
A former paramilitary leader from Haiti has been sued by three women who allege they were gang-raped and beaten by members of his right-wing group. Emmanuel “Toto” Constant, 48, was served with papers on Friday as he left an appointment with the Immigration and Naturalization Service [Immigration Services], said Moira Feeney, an attorney with the San Francisco-based Center for Justice and Accountability…
The Journey of Dr. Romagoza
- November 27, 2004
Dr. Juan Ramogoza, who provided medical care to El Salvador’s poor, was imprisoned and tortured in 1980. He later fled to the United States. Two years ago he sued two Salvadoran generals for his suffering, and won. Now his homeland is honoring him as a “Distinguished Salvadoran Humanist.” Ramogoza speaks with NPR’s Scott Simon.
