A U.S. military contractor is about to head to trial over allegations that it participated in a conspiracy to torture detainees at Abu Ghraib prison during the Iraq War—20 years after infamous ...

The case is also the first lawsuit where victims of US torture and cruel treatment held a trial in a US courtroom. Following this historic win, other former Abu Ghraib detainees hope this case can ...

The Department of Justice swept aside legal objections when it seized aliens after 9-11 (some of whom were abused in prison), kept secret their identities, and denied them public trials. The ...