Obama Spells New Hope for Human Rights http://www.truthout.org/111008J Marjorie Cohn, Truthout: "Celebrations of Barack Obama's election as president of the United States erupted in countries around the world. >From Europe to Africa to the Middle East, people were jubilant. After suffering though eight years of an administration that violated more human rights than any other in US history, Obama spells hope for a new day. While George W. Bush was president, I wrote 'Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law,' which chronicled his war of aggression, policy of torture, illegal killings, unlawful Guantanamo detentions and secret spying on Americans. When the book was published, it seemed unimaginable that we could elect a president who would turn those policies around. But the election of Obama holds that potential."
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