Lawyer, Human Rights Watch
Lawyer for Human Rights Watch, based in Brussels, Belgium
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Reed Brody
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Spanish Court Weighs Torture Case for Bush Officials A Spanish court has taken the first steps toward opening a criminal investigation of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and five other members of the Bush Administration. If warrants are issued, they could be arrested if they leave the United States. Baltasar Garzón is the Spanish investigative judge who ordered the arrest of the former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. Reed Brody is a lawyer for Human Rights Watch in Brussels.
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