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Written by Benjamin Dangl
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Thursday, 05 November 2009 |
 Colombian President Uribe |
With President Obama in the White House, there is the announced future closure of Guantánamo Bay and a move away from legitimizing torture. But there is no promise yet on ending rendition or ‘prolonged detention’, and no moves to gain justice for those who were detained in barbaric conditions for years or to prosecute their torturers. Can the damage done ever be reversed now that the Western democracies, who’ve ridden the high horse of human rights, have lost all moral authority on this front? 
