Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 -- 5:08 pm
A federal court ruling this week that prevented the families of two dead Guantanamo detainees from seeking damages means that "no court can hear abuse and wrongful death claims from Guantanamo," says a human-rights group.
"In dismissing the case, the district court ruled that the deceased's constitutional claims ... could not be heard in federal court," said the Center for Constitutional Rights, in a statement released Thursday.
On Wednesday, a US district court in Washington, DC, rejected claims for damages from the families of two Guantanamo inmates who were found dead in 2006.
Salah Ahmed Al-Salami and Yasser Talal Al-Zahrani, along with a third inmate, Mani Shaman Al-Utaybi, were found dead in their barracks with rags stuffed down their throats in June, 2006.
Al-Salami's and Al-Zahrani's families had sued, claiming it was "a violation of due process and cruel treatment to detain them for four years without charge while subjecting them to inhumane and degrading conditions of confinement and violent acts of torture and abuse," according to the Center for Constitutional Rights.
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