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Terrorism Suspect Moves to Suppress Statements Made to FBI due to Torture Threats
Loaded on Aug. 27, 2015
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2015, page 48
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Staff-Prisoner Harassment,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Terrorism.
Locations:
Djibouti,
United Kingdom,
United States of America.
Terrorism Suspect Moves to Suppress Statements Made to FBI due to Torture Threats
by Matt Clarke
A former British citizen with ties to the U.S.-designated terrorist group al-Shabaab asked a court to suppress statements he gave to FBI agents on the grounds that he was illegally pressured into making them ...
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