Tina Monshipour Foster
Tina Monshipour Foster is an
Legal career
Prior to working in the field of
Human rights
Foster submitted a writ of
The
It provides a convenient place to hold people who you might not want the world to know you are holding.
On July 20, 2008, Reuters reported the outrage Human Rights organizations are expressing over the seizing of journalists in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the "War on Terror". Foster was quoted as saying "there were no charges against Jawed, who was wounded while serving with U.S. Special Forces. He has not been accused of any crime either under U.S. law, Afghan law or international law," adding that "Jawed, like other detainees held by U.S., was regarded by Washington as an "enemy combatant".[6] Foster, executive director for International Justice Network, said there were no charges against Jawed, who was wounded while serving with U.S. Special Forces.
Comments on the new plans for Bagram review
On September 12, 2009 it was widely reported that unnamed officials told
These sound almost exactly like the rules the Bush Administration crafted for Guanatmamo that were struck down by the Supreme Court or at least found to be an inadequate substitute for judicial review. They're adopting this thing that [former Vice President] Cheney and his lot dreamt up out of whole cloth. To adopt Gitmo-like procedures seems to me like sliding in the wrong direction.
Comments on the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on torture
On December 15, 2014, the
References
- ^ Kawkab al-Thaibani (2007-07-24). "Yemeni Detainee Can Continue His Case". International Justice Network. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
- ^ "Lawyer roster: Tina M. Foster". Lawyer Roster. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
- ^ "Center for Constitutional Rights v. George W. Bush -- Case No. 06-cv-313" (PDF). United States Department of Justice. July 9, 2007. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
- ^ Tina Monshipour Foster (2007-08-01). "Ruzatullah v. Robert Gates -- 06-CV-01707" (PDF). United States Department of Justice. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
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Washington Post. p. A14. Archivedfrom the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
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"Rights groups chide U.S. for holding Afghan journalist". Reuters. 2008-07-20. Archived from the original on 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
He has not been accused of any crime either under U.S. law, Afghan law or international law," she said, adding that Jawed, like other detainees held by U.S., was regarded by Washington as an "enemy combatant".
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Eric Schmitt (2009-09-12). "U.S. to Expand Review of Detainees in Afghan Prison". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
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Josh Gerstein (2009-09-12). "Pentagon debuts new process for Bagram prisoners". Politico. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
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Washington Post. Archivedfrom the original on 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
An entire section of the U.S. Senate intelligence committee's executive summary of the CIA torture report focuses on the sadistic abuse of one of my clients. The excerpt, titled "CIA Headquarters Recommends That Untrained Interrogators in Country . . . Use the CIA's Enhanced Interrogation Techniques on" Redha al-Najar, contains detailed descriptions of the specific methods of torture my client was subjected to while in CIA custody.