Why Bush won’t be prosecuted over CIA torture
- December 11, 2014
CJA Legal Director Kathy Roberts discusses the new evidence presented in the Torture Report executive summary released by the Senate Intelligence Committee.
CJA Staff Attorney Nushin Sarkarati Speaks at UN Event
- December 10, 2014
CJA Staff Attorney Nushin Sarkarati took part in a panel discussion on victim participation in criminal proceedings at a side event for the Assembly of State Parties at the UN headquarters in New York. Drawing on CJA’s long history of representing victims directly in universal jurisdiction claims, Sarkarati explained how victim participation and testimony is essential to understanding the full breadth of human rights abuse and how participation in justice mechanisms is an integral part of the healing process for victim communities.
CJA Urges Department of Justice to Open Criminal Investigation of U.S. Torture
- December 10, 2014
On December 10, 2014, CJA sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation to determine whether charges should be filed against any official who committed or authorized torture, or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment based on the findings contained in the Senate Intelligence Committee’s study of CIA interrogation and detention practices after 9/11. Read the letter here.
Senate Releases Report Condemning CIA Interrogation Program
- December 10, 2014
CJA Executive Director Dixon Osburn discusses the Senate Intelligence Committee’s recent release of the Torture Report executive summary.
CJA Featured in KQED Forum on Torture Report
- December 10, 2014
CJA Executive Director Dixon Osburn discusses the Senate Intelligence Committee’s recent release of the Torture Report executive summary, which describes the CIA’s disturbing post-9/11 interrogation program. Click here to listen to the full interview o
CJA Urges U.S. Department of Justice to Open a Criminal Investigation
- December 10, 2014
CJA sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to open a criminal investigation to determine whether charges should be filed against any official who committed or authorized torture, or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment based on the f
Torture Report Summary Critical Step Forward for Justice
- December 9, 2014
CJA praises Senator Dianne Feinstein’s leadership on the Senate Intelligence Committee for publishing a powerful executive summary of its findings based on a 6,000-page report on CIA interrogation and detention practices after 9/11. Click here to read more.
CJA Delegates Return from El Salvador
- November 21, 2014
CJA organized a delegation to El Salvador to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Jesuits Massacre and to salute and support our in-country partners, who have been so crucial to CJA’s work in El Salvador for the last 10 years. We called upon the Salvadoran government to support CJA’s Jesuits Massacre Case and repeal the amnesty law so that justice can be pursued. Click here to read more.
Cristiani supo al momento de la masacre de jesuitas de El Salvador
- November 17, 2014
La prestigiosa abogada Almudena Bernabeu afirma que hay pruebas que vinculan al expresidente que firmó la paz en el país centroamericano con el asesinato de sacerdotes de 1989
Remembering the Jesuits: Seeking justice in El Salvador after a quarter-century
- November 17, 2014
A look back at the tragic Jesuits Massacre in 1989 with insight from CJA International Attorney Almudena Bernabeu.
