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September 30, 2010

Federal Judge Rejects Gitmo Deaths Suit
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing the Pentagon of falsely
claiming three Guantánamo Bay prisoners committed suicide in 2006 when
they may in fact have been tortured to death. An investigation by
Harper’s Magazine earlier this year found evidence the prisoners were
suffocated and tortured during questioning at a secret Guantánamo
facility known as "Camp No." On Wednesday, US District Judge Ellen
Huvelle rejected a request from two of the prisoners’ families to reopen
the case based on new testimony from military officials. Huvelle cited a
federal appeals court ruling barring court judgments on matters related
to conditions at the Guantánamo prison.



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