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Obama should follow UN lead on Cuba embargo | Amnesty ...
29 October 2009

In a record vote of the UN General Assembly, 187 countries said the US should end its embargo against Cuba.

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Obama should follow UN lead on Cuba embargo | Amnesty ...
29 October 2009

Barack Obama should follow the lead of the UN General Assembly and take all necessary steps to end its economic embargo against Cuba, said Amnesty International ...

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Blogger denied freedom to travel outside Cuba | Amnesty ...
13 October 2009

Yoani Sánchez was due to accept an award for her journalism in New York. This is the fourth time she has been refused permissionby the authorities to travel outside ...

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Cuba: Blogger denied freedom to travel outside Cuba | Amnesty ...
13 October 2009

Amnesty International calls on the government of Cuba to lift the travel on Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez, preventing her from travelling to New York to receive an ...

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Obama renews Cuba trade embargo | Amnesty International
15 September 2009

US President Barack Obama has extended the tradeembargo against Cuba - missing an opportunity to improve thehuman rights situation for people on the island.

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President Obama should take the lead on lifting embargo against ...
2 September 2009

A new Amnesty International report says that the sanctions on Cuba, imposed by the USA since 1962, are affecting Cubans' access to medicines and medicaltechnologies ...

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Cuba: The US embargo against Cuba: Its impact on economic and ...
2 September 2009

For nearly half a century, the USA has unilaterally imposed an economic, commercial, and financial embargo against Cuba. This document reiterates previous Amnesty ...

Report       AMR 25/007/2009

USA: President Obama should take the lead on lifting embargo ...
2 September 2009

President Barack Obama should take the first step towards dismantling the US embargo against Cuba by not renewing sanctions against the island under the Trading ...

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Cuba: Rejection of recommendations to ensure human rights ...
11 June 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. Ai Index: AMR 25/006/2009. 11 June 2009. Cuba: Rejection of recommendations to ensure human rights regretful. ...

Document       AMR 25/006/2009

Cuba: Harassment: Edgard Lopez Moreno (m)
30 April 2009

Edgard López Moreno, who was accepted as a refugee by the US government in February 2007, has been repeatedly denied an exit visa by the Cuban authorities. He has ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/005/2009