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ze_dscherman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-04 05:49 AM
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U.S. issues delayed human rights report
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Amid allegations the United States violated international conventions protecting the rights of prisoners, the U.S. State Department released a report Monday on what the country was doing to promote human rights around the world.

The second annual report was to have been released earlier this month, but it was delayed in part because State Department officials believed it would not be taken seriously amid stories of abuse of detainees by U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

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Charges in the report against countries who abuse prisoners bear striking similarities to those being leveled against the United States around the world.

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The report also criticizes many countries for restricting freedom of the press at a time the Coalition Provisional Authority has taken to task such Arabic-language media outlets as Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya for what it said were inflammatory, misleading reports against the U.S. military. (Full story)

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More, including some whitewash spin by Armitage: http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/05/17/rights.report/index.html
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