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Barack Obama

February 5, 2020

Trump administration abandons landmine ban

The new policy to use antipersonnel mines is a retrograde action that should be condemned, says Human rights Watch.
June 16, 2018

US citizen wins right to court challenge of inclusion on ‘kill list’

A US citizen who believes he has been targeted for assassination by his own government has won the right to challenge in court his presumed inclusion on the Kill List.
January 12, 2017

'Final plea' to Obama to close Guantánamo

On the eve of the 15th anniversary of the first detainees arriving at the detention facility at the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, Amnesty International warned that the fate of the remaining detainees must not be left in the hands of the incoming president, Donald Trump.
January 10, 2017

Obama urged to close Guantanamo 'before it’s too late'

The international human rights organisation Reprieve, which represents detainees at Guantanamo Bay, has urged President Obama to take steps to close the prison ahead of the 15th anniversary of its opening on 11 January 2017.
April 21, 2016

UN demands halt to juvenile executions in Saudi Arabia

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has called on Saudi Arabia to revoke the death sentences of three juveniles arrested for attending protests, in a document that has emerged as President Obama visits the country.
December 3, 2014

Obama appeals order to publish Guantanamo force-feeding tapes

The Obama administration has today appealed against a federal judge’s ruling that videotapes showing force-feeding of a Guantanamo prisoner should be released.
June 20, 2014

Guantánamo ordered to hand over four more tapes thought to show abuse

A federal judge has ordered the Obama Administration to pass attorneys four more videotapes depicting the Forced Cell Extraction (FCE) of a disabled hunger-striker at Guantánamo Bay.
June 3, 2014

UN hails ‘significant’ move by US to curb power plant emissions

United Nations officials have welcomed the initiative announced by President Barack Obama to limit emissions from power plants in the United States.
October 27, 2013

US Christian leaders call for direct dialogue with Cuba

Christian leaders are calling on the United States government to initiate direct dialogue with the Cuban government.
September 9, 2013

Calculating the odds: will Obama lose the Syria vote?

A massive political shake-up will be forthcoming if US President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry fail in their attempt to persuade Congress to back a punitive military strike on Syria – despite launching an avalanche of propaganda over the past few days.