The ACLU suit says the detention in 2005 violated Kar’s civil rights, the Geneva Convention and the law of nations.
“I found it disturbing that their position is that American citizens can be treated with impunity by American officials without a recognition that the constitution applies,” said ACLU legal director Mark Rosenbaum, who added that the government's response to the lawsuit was troubling.
Kar, of Iranian descent, was taken into custody in May 2005 while visiting Iraq to make a documentary about the Persian king who wrote the world’s first human rights charter.
The lawsuit says the 45-year-old filmmaker was sometimes hooded, threatened, humiliated and abused when a U.S. soldier slammed his head into a wall. He was detained without charges for the two months.
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U.S. Moves To Quash Lawsuit By Filmmaker Imprisoned In Iraq
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I would say those items are not the usual trunk stash. That may be reason for arrest. From that point all was illegal, however. Then why is this American entitled when all other prisoners are not. An untold number of people have been imprisoned at the whim of the Americans and never charged. This Filmmaker happens to be American who entered a country invaded by his countrymen. Perhaps he was naive enough to actualy believe "democracy" was being enforced. Perhaps he's naive to believe it exists in his "own" country. Dosen't he realize those still in the prison will very likely spend the rest of their lives there. His lawsuit should be on their behalf and not a ploy to benefit upon his ordeal.
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