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A human rights advocate has urged the UK Government to give the former Guantanamo prisoners the certain future they deserve and not to block Bermuda's decision to re-home them.
Tom Malinowski, director of the Washington office of Human Rights Watch, ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2009
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Another anti-Ewart Brown rally will take place tomorrow at noon at the House of Assembly.
Co-organiser Janice Battersbee said the reaction had been overwhelmingly positive since the mass demonstration outside Cabinet on Tuesday afternoon, in which up...
DATE: Jun 18, 2009
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News that Bermuda has rehoused four former Guantánamo Bay prisoners saw the Island hit the headlines across the world all week.
The left-leaning Guardian newspaper in the UK reported: "Britain is to review the legal basis of its relations with Bermud...
DATE: Jun 18, 2009
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The costs of 'dolphin mitigation' appears to have leapt from $3.7 million to more than $10 million, according to figures supplied by Government.
In March Premier Ewart Brown said $3.7 million was spent on measures to protect the animals at Dolphin Qu...
DATE: Jun 18, 2009
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Several tourists have threatened to boycott Bermuda because of the decision to allow four Guantánamo Bay detainees to come here.
Outraged visitors have contacted The Royal Gazette to speak out against the Island getting involved in the high-profile i...
DATE: Jun 18, 2009
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Azenje Smith lost his battle against a rare genetic disorder at the weekend.
The two-year-old passed away at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital on Friday evening as his mother and a nurse were changing his diaper.
Stricken with Mitochondrial Disease, ...
DATE: Jun 17, 2009
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The four Chinese Uighurs who arrived in Bermuda last week “cannot and should not go back” to Guantánamo Bay, Sir Richard Gozney said today.
The Governor told a press conference that he did not want to go into details about the other options available...
DATE: Jun 17, 2009
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British Foreign Secretary David Miliband yesterday revealed he had spoken to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to voice his displeasure at the transfer of four Guantanamo detainees to Bermuda.
And Mr Miliband appeared to indicate that Britain was...
DATE: Jun 17, 2009
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The four Uighurs released from Guantanamo Bay prison say they are in Bermuda to stay.
Speaking to reporters from Associated Press, the four men also said Bermuda had the "courage" and was "brave enough to accept us".
"When we didn't have any country ...
DATE: Jun 17, 2009
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The Premier was forced to amend a bill on airport commercial leasing agreements after the Opposition accused Government of a lack of transparency.
The Civil Airports Amendment Act 2009 was one of a handful of bills Progressive Labour Party MPs who ar...
DATE: Jun 17, 2009
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