Cuban Justice Minister Denounced U.S Blockade at the UN

HAVANA - ACN
03/03/2009

Cuba's Justice Minister, María Esther Reus, denounced the economic, financial and commercial blockade of the U.S against Cuba at the 10th session of the UN’s Human Rights Council.

Reus said she hopes someday she will be able to announce in Geneva that the blockade has been lifted and that the five Cuban anti-terrorists held in American jails have been released, reported Prensa Latina news agency.

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Human Rights Record of US in '08

Xinhua - China daily
02/26/2009

BEIJING -- The Information Office of the State Council published a report titled "The Human Rights Record of United States in 2008" here on Thursday.

The State Department of the United States released its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2008 on February 25, 2009. As in previous years, the reports are full of accusations of the human rights situation in more than 190 countries and regions including China, but mentioned nothing of the widespread human rights abuses on its own territory. The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2008 is prepared to help people around the world understand the real situation of human rights in the United States, and as a reminder for the United States to reflect upon it s own issues.

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