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The list of the governments that have persecuted journalists

The Washington Post hails those reporters who face grave danger from the Taliban and the governments of Cuba, Uganda, Zimbabwe and the U.S.
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  • Saturday, November 22, 2008 02:02 PM

    Mona

    Anyone who has any significant exposure to the American prison system knows this is true, and thus should know that Abu Ghraib was not an aberration ...

    Do I remember right that the US imported to Iraq prison guards? I seem to recall that they did so.

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