The Courthouse News Service has reported that the U.S. will provide no compensation to the family of accused terrorist Anwar Al- Aulaqi and two other U.S. citizens executed by a US military drone strikes in Yemen. The family filed a civil case for damages against the US government for the deaths of Al Aulaqi and his son.
Anwar Al-Aulaqi was alleged to have been a senior member of Al Queda terrorist network. His son however was apparently not accused of a crime but was also the victim of a lethal US drone attack.
Bill Quigley, a human rights lawyer for Loyola University New Orleans has previously criticized drone attacks as a breach Anwar Al-Aulaqi’s constitutional rights as a US citizen.
The complaint relied on the Supreme Court’s 1971 decision Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, which ruled that a claim can be pursued for damages against a federal officer if there has been a violation of a plaintiff’s clearly established constitutional rights.
Bangkok based attorneys Chaninat & Leeds are an experienced Thai law firm who have handled high profile criminal cases in Thailand
U.S. District Federal Judge Rosemary Collyer dismissed the case on Friday 4 April 2014 ruling that the exercise of war powers against a specifically-targeted U.S. citizen overseas do not call for the recognition of a new area of Bivens relief.
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