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Cuba reseated on UN Human Rights Commission. (Insider Report).
On April 29th, little more than two weeks after unleashing a brutal wave of repression across Cuba, Fidel Castro's Communist regime was re-elected without opposition to a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Commission. The UN move, according to Reuters, prompted "a fierce response by Washington."
Of what did this "fierce response" consist? The dispatch quoted White House spokesman Ari Fleischer as saying, "Having Cuba serve again on the Human Rights Commission is like putting Al Capone in charge of bank security." "Cuba does not deserve a seat on the Human Rights Commission," Fleischer reportedly said. "Cuba ...
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