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Mixed messages from President Obama after 100 days
By: Amnesty International
Posted: May 6 09
Witnessed: 1093 times
Regions: United States
Issues: Detention, Prisons, Torture
Tags: Bagram, detainee, gitmo, guantanamo, impunity
100 days after taking office, President Obama's record in terms of US counter terrorism policies has been assessed in a new Amnesty International report.
Photographs by Peter Von Elling
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