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Feds Told to Release Torture Files

By Jeralyn, Section War In Iraq
Posted on Fri Aug 13, 2004 at 12:20:51 PM EST
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This is good news. In response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by the ACLU and other civil liberties groups in June, a Manhattan federal juge has given the Government 2 weeks to release documents pertaining to the torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and other other detention centers, or establish an exemption under the Act.

The U.S. government has less than two weeks to start giving civil rights groups documents about the torture of prisoners held by U.S. forces at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and other facilities, a federal judge ordered Thursday. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein said prosecutors must start handing over certain papers identified by the American Civil Liberties Union by Aug. 23 unless they can show the documents cannot be found or they are subject to certain exemptions.

Here's what the ACLU is seeking:

  • Records of the abuse or torture of detainees held at Abu Ghraib and other overseas detention facilities, and records of investigations and inquiries into that abuse.
  • Records of the deaths of detainees in United States custody and records of investigations and inquiries into those deaths.
  • Policies governing the interrogation of detainees in United States custody.
  • Policies governing the "rendition" of detainees to countries known to use torture.
  • Records describing any measures taken by the government to address concerns expressed by the Red Cross.
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