June 23, 2006
Scholars Sue to Force Bush Administration to End Restrictions on Travel to Cuba
A group of scholars and students sued the U.S. Treasury Department last week in an effort to force the Bush administration to rescind rules changes made in 2004 that have choked off most academic travel to Cuba. The department is in charge of enforcing the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba.
The suit, filed in a federal district court here, asserts that the restrictions violate academic freedom and go beyond what is authorized by law. "The government doesn't have the right to tell you
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