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By Robert Fisk

Another horrible, obscene story from Guantanamo. But wait. We can't have this kind of publicity show in the Canadian press, can we?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25452.htm

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Amnesty: G20 frustrating human rights progress

Newnan Times-Herald

05/26/10

Amnesty International accused the United States, Russia and China on Thursday of ignoring human rights violations by allies and failing to open their own records to scrutiny in an annual survey meant to pressure governments to act more compassionately. The human rights organization took the U.S. to task for President Barack Obama’s failure — despite promises — to close its prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and criticized Russia and China for what it described as blocking international scrutiny of the Sri Lankan government’s conduct during its bloody conflict with insurgents...

http://tinyurl.com/3xrz6sm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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