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On the recordFebruary 2, 2015
I am concerned that the President announced that the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations would be granted access in Cuba. Yet, we know from the State Department briefings that they will be allowed to travel to Havana but only to discuss prison conditions with regime officials and will not be given access to Cuban jails or Cuban prisoners, which does nothing to improve human rights conditions in Cuba.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez critiques limited access for human rights organizations in Cuba as ineffective.

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