{"id":20565,"date":"2022-12-19T23:13:11","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T23:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diazreus.com\/?p=20565"},"modified":"2022-12-19T23:13:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T23:13:11","slug":"miami-case-dropped-torture-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diazreus.com\/ru\/miami-case-dropped-torture-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami case dropped: Torture claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former employee of Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) who had filed a lawsuit in the US against the bank and a Dubai government official, claiming that he was tortured while in detention, has \u2018temporarily&#8217; withdrawn the case, according to his lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Rafatul Islam Usmani, a Pakistani banker and former vice-president of finance and strategy at DIB, is accused of taking bribes to help transactions for Turkish company CCH International.<\/p>\n<p>He has been under detention in Dubai since May 2008.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit was filed by Usmani on June 2 at Miami District Court under the US Alien Tort Claims Act, which gives US district courts jurisdiction over certain cases abroad when &#171;committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the US&#187;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/diazreus.com\/people\/michael-diaz-jr\/\">Michael Diaz<\/a>, Usmani&#8217;s lawyer, who is based in Miami, confirmed via e-mail that the lawsuit has been temporarily dropped until his client is released.<\/p>\n<p>&#171;Even though we will aggressively seek justice for our client, what is important at present is to do whatever is humanly possible to free him from this appalling unending detention,&#187; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Diaz claims Usmani has been held in the UAE without any credible evidence against him. &#171;We have information that he has been tortured by them to the extent that he confessed to unknown criminal acts,&#187; Diaz said, adding &#171;our client has had limited access to legal counsel and his family since he was detained&#187;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gulfnews.com\/uae\/miami-case-dropped-torture-claims-1.460963\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former employee of Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) who had filed a lawsuit in the US against the bank and a Dubai government official, claiming that he was tortured while in detention, has \u2018temporarily&#8217; withdrawn the case, according to his lawyer. 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