The plaintiffs are Salah Al-Ejaili, a former Al Jazeera journalist, Suhail Al Shimari, a school principal and Asa’ad Al-Zubae, a fruit vendor. Despite having no links to armed groups, all three were severely tortured. They were not among those seen in horrific images of Abu Ghraib torture that surfaced in 2004. But they endured many of the same experiences, including beatings, sexual abuse, being attacked by dogs and more.