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A Proven Record

Khouzam v. Attorney General of the U.S., 549 F.3d 235 (3d Cir. 2008):  Human Rights USA successfully challenged the U.S. government’s use of “diplomatic assurances” to justify sending aliens to torture.

United States of America v. Charles Emmanuel, 06-20758-CR-Altonaga (S.D. Fla. 2008) (no Federal Reporter citation currently available): Florida Southern District Court (2008):  Human Rights USA served as amicus (“friend of the court”) in first U.S. criminal prosecution involving torture abuses abroad.  This case secured a judicial decision upholding the constitutionality of the federal anti-torture criminal statute.

Xiaoning et. al. v. Yahoo! Inc., 07-02151-CW-Wilken (N.D. Cal. 2007): Northern California District Court (2007): Human Rights USA held Yahoo! Inc. accountable for torture resulting from their disclosure of internet user information that identified journalists and democracy advocates to the Chinese government.

Abu Ali v. Ashcroft, 350 F. Supp. 2d 28 (D.D.C. 2004): Human Rights USA won the first, and to date the only, successful legal challenge to the U.S. policy of rendition to torture.

In re V-K-, No. A____ (Boston Immigration Court): Human Rights USA won one of the first waivers of the one-year filing deadline for asylum seekers in cases involving severe sexual abuse.

Nwaokolo v. I.N.S., 314 F.3d 303 (7th Cir. 2002): Human Rights USA won the highest-level court decision at the time on gender-based asylum rights, establishing that female genital mutilation constitutes a form of torture. Philomena and her family, below.
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