Press Releases

Press Releases

CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY STEPS UP EFFORTS TO HOLD GUANTÁNAMO BAY PSYCHOLOGIST ACCOUNTABLE
August 26th, 2010
CJA Calls on New York to Revoke Gitmo Psychologist's License
July 7th, 2010
Colombian Survivors File Suit Against a Paramilitary Leader and Drug Trafficker For Crimes Against Humanity
July 1st, 2010
Ahmed v. Magan: Former Chief of Somali National Security Service Faces Lawsuit for Torture
April 21st, 2010
Members of Congress, Retired Military Officials, Career Foreign Service Diplomats, Holocaust Survivors and Others File Amici Curiae Briefs with Supreme Court in Support of Respondents in Samantar v. Yousuf
January 28th, 2010
CJA Files Respondents' Brief with U.S. Supreme Court in Samantar v. Yousuf
January 20th, 2010
Court to decide if former foreign government officials who use torture, rape and killing as tools of repression are above the law, or whether those who avail themselves of all the benefits of living in the U.S. must, like all other Americans, submit themselves to U.S. law.
Spanish Judge Hears Testimony From Expert Witnesses In The Guatemala Genocide Case
December 2nd, 2009
$19 Million Judgment Upheld Against Former Haitian Death Squad Leader
December 1st, 2009
First Intertnational Witnesses To Testify In Madrid In The El Salvador Jesuits Massacre Case
November 23rd, 2009
U.S. Supreme Court to Review Human Rights Case Against Former Somali Defense Minister
September 30th, 2009
Carranza Verdict Upheld
March 17th, 2009
Salvadoran Minister of Defense Indicted on Immigration Fraud Charges
February 23rd, 2009
Spanish National Court to Pursue Criminal Investigation into 1989 Massacre of Jesuit Priests in El Salvador
January 13th, 2009
Quotes on the Significance of the Jesuits Massacre Case
November 13th, 2008
Criminal Charges Filed Before the Spanish National Court for 1989 Massacre of Jesuit Priests in El Salvador
November 13th, 2008
Judge Orders Former Peruvian Military Officer to Pay $37 Million in Damages to Survivors of Accomarca Massacre
March 4th, 2008
Trial Against Peruvian Human Rights Abuser Concludes in Miami: Perpetrator Hurtado Takes the Fifth, Refusing to Face Victims
February 11th, 2008
Peruvian War Criminal to Face Justice in Miami: Survivors of Accomarca Massacre to Confront Perpetrator Telmo Hurtado Hurtado in Federal Court
February 5th, 2008
Spanish Judge Hears Testimony from Expert Witnesses and Survivors in the Guatemala Genocide Case
February 5th, 2008
CJA Files Lawsuits Against Former Peruvian Officers for War Crimes & Crimes Against Humanity
July 18th, 2007
CJA Files Lawsuits Against Former Peruvian Officers for War Crimes & Crimes Against Humanity
July 18th, 2007
CJA Statement on the Dismissal of the Human Rights Lawsuit Against Former Somali General Ali Samantar
May 7th, 2007
Haitian Colonel and Member of the High Command Ordered to Pay $4.3 Million for Human Rights Abuses
February 23rd, 2007
Defendants in Genocide Case Arrested in Guatemala
November 7th, 2006
Haitian Death Squad Leader Ordered to Pay $19 Million to Torture Survivors
October 25th, 2006
Judge in Guatemala Genocide Case Issues Arrest Warrants and Freezes Assets of Rios Montt and Other Defendants
July 7th, 2006
Court Rules That U.S. Government Cannot Evade Subpoenas
June 19th, 2006
Jury Finds Memphis Resident Responsible for Human Rights Abuses in El Salvador
November 19th, 2005
Former Somali Prime Minister and Military Officer Face Lawsuits in U.S. for Torture, Murder, Crimes Against Humanity
November 11th, 2004
Former Somali Prime Minister and Military Officer Face Lawsuits in U.S. Court for Torture, Murder, Crimes Against Humanity
November 11th, 2004
Judge finds Modesto man liable for 1980 Assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, Orders him to pay $10 million in damages
September 3rd, 2004
Top Salvadoran Military Officer, Now a U.S. Citizen, Faces Suit for Torture, Murder
December 10th, 2003
Florida Jury Finds Salvadoran Generals Liable for Torture, Awards $54.6 to Victims
July 23rd, 2002
Lawsuit for Torture, Disappearance, and Summary Execution Filed
July 15th, 2002
U.S. Court Holds Bosnian Serb Liable for Torture
April 29th, 2002
China Reacts Negatively to Lawsuit Against Mayor For Serious Human Rights Violations
February 12th, 2002
Dramatic Testimony on Closing Day of Bosnian Torture Trial
October 24th, 2001
Trial Against Bosnian Serb Alleged War Criminal and Torturer Begins October 22 in Atlanta (in Bosnian)
October 16th, 2001
Trial Against Bosnian Serb Alleged War Criminal and Torturer Begins October 22 in Atlanta
October 16th, 2001
U.S. Court Holds Indonesian General Liable for $66 Million For East Timor Abuses
October 5th, 2001
Indonesian General Sued in U.S. for Timor Rights Violations
March 30th, 2000
British Home Secretary Releases Pinochet
March 2nd, 2000
Motion To Dismiss Denied In Suit Against Serb Living Near Atlanta, Georgia Accused of Torture and Acts of Genocide
September 15th, 1999
House of Lords Ruling: No Immunity for Pinochet
March 23rd, 1999
Suit Filed Against Former Chilean Secret Police Agent Residing in Miami, Accused of Summary Execution and Torture
August 27th, 1998
Suit Filed against Serb Residing In the Atlanta Area, Accused of Torture and Acts of Genocide
August 27th, 1998