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Barack Obama’s promise to break with secrecy has been short-lived, says Melissa Goodman, in an exclusive article for Index on Censorship”s review of 2009
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US President Barack Obama has called upon the Cuban government to free all of its political prisoners. The US President issued the statement while maintaining that he would like closer US-Cuban relations in the future if the communist country takes steps towards democracy. Read more here
A federal court ruled that pictures of detainee abuse by soldiers will not have to be released after an appeal by the US government.
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The release of more photos of prisoner abuse by US soldiers is “of no benefit” and may inflame opinion against the US, President Barack Obama has said, retreating on his previous position. Read more here