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Published Jul 25 2009 by World Socialist Web Site

Following example of Bush-CheneyObama administration bars torture investigators from Guantánamo Bay

Following example of Bush-Cheney

Adding to its six-month record of extending the Bush administrations attacks on democratic rights, the Obama administration is now blocking efforts by human rights investigators from the United Nations to interview detainees at the Guantnamo Bay prison.

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