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On the recordFebruary 6, 2012
Shamefully he was held incommunicado and has not been heard of since. I fear he may have died in custody.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey
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Menendez highlights the plight of a Gambian journalist detained since 2006.

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