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Rep. Mike Coffman speaks up about Ethiopian crisis
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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman represents an east-metro Denver congressional district with a high concentration of Ethiopian immigrants, so it was little surprise that he takes a keen interest in affairs in Africa. Wednesday he applauded the Ethiopian government’s pledge to release political prisoners and close a Maekelawi detention center where people were tortured. Coffman called…
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15 Guantanamo detainees sent to United Arab Emirates in major transfer
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Fifteen prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center were sent to the United Arab Emirates in the single largest release of detainees during the Obama administration, the Pentagon announced Monday. The transfer of 12 Yemeni nationals and three Afghans to the UAE comes amid a renewed push to whittle down the number of detainees held at the…
