Two more individuals have joined a lawsuit that claims a division of Arapahoe County-based Jeppesen knowingly helped the government fly terrorism suspects to secret prisons overseas.

The American Civil Liberties Union said Bisher al-Rawi and Mohamed Farag Ahmad Bashmilah were "subjected to torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment" at the prisons.

"Being a victim of the CIA's rendition program was horrific beyond words," al-Rawi said in a press release issued by the ACLU. "Regrettably, there are many more like me who haven't been fortunate enough to be released. No one should have to endure such illegal and inhumane treatment."

The ACLU also said it has amended the original suit, which was filed on behalf of three individuals, to include evidence that Jeppesen hid the routes of the flights in question by intentionally misleading aviation authorities.

The organization filed its initial complaint last spring in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

The lawsuit claims that Jeppesen's International Trip and Flight Planning Office in California provided support to at least 15 aircraft that made 70 flights to clandestine locations since December 2001.

Jeppesen's parent, Chicago-based Boeing, is not named in the lawsuit.

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