SCOTUS rejects Gitmo torture case

[Mark Crispin Miller]

Supreme Court rejects Guantanamo torture case

Mon, Dec 14 2009

By James Vicini

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BD31N20091214

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday that it rejected an appeal by four former Guantanamo Bay prisoners arguing that they should be able to proceed with their lawsuit against top Pentagon officials for torture and religious abuse.

The justices refused to review a U.S. appeals court ruling that dismissed the lawsuit by the four British citizens over their treatment at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on the grounds the officials enjoyed immunity.

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