Two journalists have filed a lawsuit against the US government for being put on a “kill list” during the administration of former president Barack Obama, a list still being used by President Donald Trump’s White House.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the two men on Thursday in the US District Court of the District of Columbia by UK-based human rights group Reprieve and Washington DC-based law firm Lewis Baach.
Bilal Abdul Kareem, a US citizen who grew up in Mount Vernon, New York, and Ahmad Muaffaq Zaidan, a dual Pakistani-Syrian citizen who works for Al Jazeera, reject the accusation that they are members of militant organizations.
The complaint accuses the United States of conspiracy to commit murder outside its borders and violating international law on targeting civilians and asks the US to cease any planned strikes against the plaintiffs.
It asks the court to declare the journalists’ inclusion on the list illegal, and issue an injunction…