U.S. settles suit with Muslims in post-9/11 abuse | U.S. - reviewed by Jo Bobenhouse Smith

U.S. settles suit with Muslims in post-9/11 abuse | U.S.

Reuters by Christine Kearney | Nov. 3, 2009 (Breaking News)

The U.S. government will pay $1.26 million to five Muslim men detained for months without charges after the September 11 attacks who sued for unlawful imprisonment and abuse, their lawyers said on Tuesday Full Story »

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by Jo Bobenhouse Smith - Nov. 3, 2009

This is a well written, straight forward report.

File under "shame".

Rachel Meeropol, a lawyer for the Center for Constitutional Rights who brought the case in Brooklyn federal court, said it was the largest settlement so far for claims of abuse in the United States following the attacks of September 11, 2001.

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