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12/06/2011 06:07 AM |
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Cubans Can Sell Their Homes / Laritza DiversentLaritza Diversent, Translator: BW, Translator: Haydee Diaz This past November 2nd, the Cuban government published the Legal Decree Number 288 that modified the "General Law of the Home", and permitted the buying and selling of real estate between private parties, until then it was prohibited by national legislation. [...] |
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11/28/2011 05:02 AM |
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Housing Regulations Maintain Restrictions for Cubans / Laritza Diversent |
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Housing Regulations Maintain Restrictions for Cubans / Laritza DiversentLaritza Diversent, Translator: Unstated The housing regulations, recently enacted by the government of Cuba, and which take effect on November 10, leave intact regulations that impede the full exercise of the right of ownership. As part of the implementation of the Guidelines adopted at the Sixth Congress [...] |
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07/14/2011 12:25 PM |
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Cuban dissidents push for opening to democracyBy Carlos Batista (AFP) – 8 hours ago HAVANA — Leading dissidents in Cuba have launched a reform plan seeking a democratic opening in the Americas' only one-party Communist-run state. More than 40 prominent members of a range of outlawed small parties and movements signed and issued the document [...] |
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06/15/2011 12:24 PM |
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The Party Approves Guidelines on the Rights of Cubans / Laritza Diversent |
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The Party Approves Guidelines on the Rights of Cubans / Laritza DiversentLaritza Diversent, Translator: Regina Anavy Although the word freedom was absent, 12.7% of the guidelines approved by the Communists, for the five years 2011-2015, referred to the human rights of Cubans Laritza Diversent The Communists clarified, before beginning the process of discussing the draft [...] |
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04/29/2011 06:41 PM |
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Prominent Cuban Dissident Arrested HAVANA – Cuban dissident Darsi Ferrer was arrested Thursday along with four other people as they were staging a peaceful protest in downtown Havana, according to information provided by the Cuban Human Rights and National Reconciliation Commission. Ferrer and his associates demanded during a "small demonstration" that the Cuban government "respect [...] |
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02/18/2011 11:47 PM |
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Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:19 am TWN, AFP Dissidents press Cuba to allow free movementHAVANA — Dissidents pushed Tuesday for Cuba's communist government to include freedom of movement and foreign travel for all Cubans as part of upcoming economic reforms. Also on the wish list for these opponents of President Raul Castro's government seeking to [...] |
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10/22/2010 03:06 PM |
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Cuban government urged to let Guillermo Fariñas collect Sakharov Prize in Strasbourg in December |
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Cuban government urged to let Guillermo Fariñas collect Sakharov Prize in Strasbourg in DecemberPublished on 21 October 2010In the same country The European Parliament today announced its decision to award this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Guillermo Fariñas Hernández, a dissident journalist and blogger and tireless campaigner for civil liberties in Cuba. [...] |
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09/04/2010 11:15 AM |
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Cuban dissidents offered political asylumSchwarzenberg calls for democracy activists to be releasedPosted: September 1, 2010By Cat Contiguglia – Staff Writer The Czech Republic has offered asylum to 10 Cuban dissidents and their families. In early July, the Spanish Foreign Ministry and the Catholic Church negotiated the release of 52 of 75 prisoners who were sentenced [...] |
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07/24/2010 01:04 PM |
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Soul Searching: The Catholic Church and Human Rights in Cuba |
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Soul Searching: The Catholic Church and Human Rights in Cubaby COHA Research Associate Bethan Rafferty Last month's visit of the Holy See's foreign minister, Monsignor Dominique Mamberti, to Cuba highlighted the historically uneasy relationship between the Cuban government and the nation's Catholic Church. However, it should be recognised that overall, relations between Havana and the [...] |
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03/24/2010 09:09 PM |
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Cuban 'Lady in White' tells of police repression23 March 2010 Laura Pollan is one of the "Ladies in White", who has been demonstrating in Havana for the release of relatives imprisoned for their criticism of the Cuban government. Her husband, HÃetor Fernando Maseda Gutierrez, 67, is an engineer and independent journalist and one of 75 [...] |
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03/22/2010 11:20 PM |
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Cuba Still Fails On Human Rights One party rule remains the law of the land, and when elections are held they are neither free nor fair. The U.S. again urges the Cuban government to allow the Red Cross and United Nations officials to visit Cuban jails. For 34 years, the United States has reviewed the [...] |
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03/20/2010 08:50 PM |
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Letter to Lula da Silva: "Cuba no longer a symbol, no longer a taboo" |
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Saturday, March 20th 2010 – 04:05 UTC Letter to Lula da Silva: "Cuba no longer a symbol, no longer a taboo" Brazil and the community of Latin American countries are the only ones with the ability to influence the Cuban government's position on human rights and media freedom, says a letter addressed to Brazilian president [...] |
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03/11/2010 08:59 PM |
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Posted on Thursday, 03.11.10EU condemns Cuba for rights violationsThe Associated Press STRASBOURG, France — The European Parliament voted Thursday to condemn Cuba for the "avoidable and cruel" death of a dissident hunger striker, earning a stinging response from Havana, which said it did not appreciate the lecture and would not respond to international pressure. The [...] |
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02/27/2010 10:49 PM |
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Cuba's Doctor AbusePosted 02/25/2010 06:47 PM ET Health Care: Remember Cuba's vaunted medical missionaries — those whotreated the poor abroad for nothing, supposedly out of selfless motives?A lawsuit shows they were nothing but a communist slave racket. It ought to bear a few lessons for our own country as the role ofdoctors in the health [...] |
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02/01/2010 09:44 PM |
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Cuba Pastor Remains Behind Bars After Losing Appeal RightMonday, February 1, 2010 (10:08 am)By BosNewsLife Americas Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)– There was international disappointment Monday, February 1, that the leader of a growing network of independent churches in Cuba has been denied the right to appeal his six-year prison sentence [...] |
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01/27/2010 10:04 PM |
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Cuba: Stop Harassing Human Rights Defender and Family27 Jan 2010 15:54:00 GMTSource: Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) – The Cuban government should immediately cease its harassment of the blind human rights defender Juan Carlos González Leiva, a leader of the Council of Human Rights Rapporteurs, and his family, Human Rights Watch said today.In recent weeks, [...] |
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12/11/2009 09:44 PM |
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Protesters mark Human Rights Day in CubaBy David Ariosto, CNNDecember 11, 2009 — Updated 0827 GMT (1627 HKT) Havana, Cuba (CNN) — A few hundred pro-government demonstrators swarmedHavana's streets on Thursday, encircling a small group of femaleprotesters marching in support of International Human Rights Day. "This is an intolerant, totalitarian government," Cuban dissident LauraPollan told [...] |
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10/26/2009 04:51 PM |
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The New Orleans Nagin CastroWritten by: Jeff Crouere Today, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and his huge entourage returned from their six day trip to communist Cuba. The supposed purpose of the trip was for the Mayor to investigate Cuba's hurricane preparedness programs and to bolster trade ties with the poor country. Unfortunately, Nagin did [...] |
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10/14/2009 01:18 AM |
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Blogger denied freedom to travel outside Cuba13 October 2009 Amnesty International has called on the government of Cuba to lift the travel restrictions on Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez, preventing her from travelling to New York to receive an international journalism award. "The immigration office has just confirmed that they maintain the prohibition on letting me [...] |
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06/19/2009 03:23 PM |
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Rejection of recommendations to ensure human rights regretful – Amnesty International |
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Document – Cuba:Rejection of recommendations to ensure human rights regretfulAMNESTY INTERNATIONALPUBLIC STATEMENTAi Index: AMR 25/006/2009 11 June 2009 Cuba: Rejection of recommendations to ensure human rights regretful "It is truly disappointing that Cuba rejected so many recommendationsthat could have improved respect for human rights in Cuba, a greatopportunity has been missed", said Amnesty International on [...] |
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05/28/2009 08:59 PM |
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CubaHead of state and government Raúl Castro RuzDeath penalty retentionistPopulation 11.3 millionLife expectancy 77.7 yearsUnder-5 mortality (m/f) 7/6 per 1,000Adult literacy 99.8 per cent Restrictions on freedom of expression, association and assembly persisted. Journalists and political dissidents faced harassment and intimidation by security officials. Four prisoners of conscience were released early in the year; 58 [...] |
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05/18/2009 12:01 PM |
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Isolation will not free Cuba By Christopher Caldwell Published: April 17 2009 19:27 | Last updated: April 17 2009 19:27 A message of reconciliation has gone out from Washington, albeit a confusing one. On the eve of this weekend's Summit of the Americas in Trinidad, the White House announced that it will no longer be [...] |
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05/09/2009 12:33 PM |
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Publicado el 05-08-2009Less Freedom of Expression in Cuba In one more effort to silence the dissidents and the opposition, the Cuban government, through ETECSA, Cuba's telecommunications monopoly, has established new regulations preventing that its citizens might access the Internet in the country's hotels. Nowadays, only government employees, academics and researchers are allowed to have Internet [...] |
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05/03/2009 01:20 AM |
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Cuba: Harassment: Edgard Lopez Moreno – Amnesty International |
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Cuba: Harassment: Edgard Lopez Moreno (m)PUBLIC AI Index: AMR 25/005/200930 April 2009 UA 115/09 HarassmentCUBA Edgard Lopez Moreno (m) Edgard López Moreno, who was accepted as a refugee by the US governmentin February 2007, has been repeatedly denied an exit visa by the Cubanauthorities. He has been on hunger strike in protest, since 14 April.His [...] |
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05/03/2009 01:20 AM |
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Cuba: changes? What changes?01May09 – 13:44 Ena Lucia PortelaThe Obama regime may be reaching out to Raúl Castro,but it is unlikely any real reform will emerge for ordinary Cubans, writesEna Lucía Portela The recent surprise dismissals of a number of well-known apparatchiks ofthe Castro regime, including government ministers Carlos Lage Dávila andFelipe Pérez Roque, has [...] |
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12/14/2008 12:43 PM |
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Publicado el 12-11-2008The Violation of Human Rights in Cuba This 10th of December marked the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights approved in 1948 by the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization. This Declaration has had relative validity in many countries of the world and within that relativity has certainly been [...] |
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11/23/2008 12:20 PM |
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Posted on Tuesday, 11.18.08CUBACuba won't let our kids leave, medical workers sayFormer Cuban doctors are contemplating taking their quest to get their kids out of Cuba to an international court.By FRANCES ROBLES AND CASEY WOODScwoods@MiamiHerald.com Inside her bedroom on Cuba's Isle of Youth, 7-year-old Daviana González prays to be reunited with her mother after more [...] |
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10/14/2008 10:29 PM |
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Document – Cuba: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Fourthsession of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council, February 2009 8 September 2008 Publicamnesty internationalCuba Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review Fourth session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council February 2009 Executive summary In this submission, Amnesty [...] |
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09/17/2008 08:32 PM |
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NEW STUDY REVEALS REFORM VIEWS OF AVERAGE CUBANS2008-09-16. Freedom House, www.freedomhouse.orgContact: Laura Ingalls in Washington, 202-747-7035 , 202-683-0909 (www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).-Washington – September 15, 2008 – Cubans see little evidence of meaningful reform in their country and remain skeptical that Raúl Castro's new presidency will bring positive change, according to the findings of a field study released [...] |
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06/24/2008 11:22 PM |
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Cuba under Raúl Castro: 25 Reasons to be Hopeful In February 2008, longtime Cuban president Fidel Castro transferred power to his younger brother Raúl, sparking a worldwide dialogue among political scientists, policy makers, journalists, scholars, and ordinary citizens regarding the implications of the first transition of power seen on the island in almost five decades. [...] |
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05/28/2008 09:49 PM |
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REPUBLIC OF CUBAHead of state and governmentRaúl Castro Ruz (provisionally replacing Fidel Castro Ruz)Death penalty retentionistPopulation 11.3 millionLife expectancy 77.7 yearsUnder-5 mortality (m/f) 6/6 per 1,000Adult literacy 99.8 per cent Restrictions on freedom of expression, association and movement remainedsevere. At least 62 prisoners of conscience remained imprisoned andpolitical dissidents, independent journalists and human rights activistscontinued [...] |
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04/16/2008 07:18 PM |
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Petition seeks freedom of movement for Cubans to travel, invest |
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Petition seeks freedom of movement for Cubans to travel, investPosted : Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:34:03 GMTAuthor : DPACategory : Travel (General) Havana – A former government official petitionedthe Cuban nationalassembly Tuesday to allow citizens to travel freely off the island, hetold Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. Pedro Aníbal Riera Escalante, a formerstate intelligence officer and consul [...] |
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04/08/2008 09:35 PM |
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COMMENT & ANALYSIS:The illusion of Cuba's caudilloBy Christopher Caldwell, Financial TimesPublished: Feb 23, 2008 When Ernest Hemingway survived a plane crash in Uganda in 1954, he wasable to read his own obituaries. A similar diversion may await FidelCastro, the ailing Cuban leader, who has not been seen in public sincemid-2006. This week the state organ, [...] |
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03/21/2008 01:07 PM |
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CUBAWhen spies become diplomatsPosted on Tue, Mar. 11, 2008By CHRIS SIMMONSChris.Simmons@CubanIntelligence.com Since the earliest days of the Castro regime, the Cuban government has used diplomatic cover for its spies. Among them are Félix Wilson and José Imperatori, both of whom served at the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, D.C. Historically, this practice is generally reserved [...] |
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02/01/2008 08:57 PM |
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CubaEvents of 2007 Cuba remains the one country in Latin America that represses nearlyall forms of political dissent. There have been no significant policychanges since Fidel Castro relinquished direct control of thegovernment to his brother Raul Castro in August 2006. The governmentcontinues to enforce political conformity using criminal prosecutions,long-term and short-term detentions, mob harassment, police [...] |
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01/24/2008 11:04 PM |
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Work of Church in Cuba ignored overseas, says leading dissident |
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AmericasWork of Church in Cuba ignored overseas, says leading dissident Havana, Jan 23, 2008 / 02:01 pm (CNA).- The president of the ChristianLiberation Movement, Oswaldo Paya Sardinas, said this week that outsideof Cuba, the true work that the Church does for the Cuban people is unknown. "The Church is playing a key role in the [...] |
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12/20/2007 10:22 PM |
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CUBAN DANCERSDancing defectors made choice on the spotThree principal dancers in Cuba's National Ballet say their decision to defect was spontaneous and driven by a desire for greater artistic expression.Posted on Thu, Dec. 20, 2007BY JORDAN LEVINjlevin@MiamiHerald.com It was close to midnight in Hamilton, Ontario, and Magaly Suarez was in her hotel room packing her [...] |
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01/29/2007 11:11 PM |
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Media Briefing AI Index: AMR 25/003/2007 (Public)News Service No: 01829 January 2007 Cuba: Amnesty International's human rights concernsFor the past 40 years, Amnesty International (AI) has campaigned against human rights violations committed by the Cuban government, in particular, the imprisonment of political dissidents and journalists as a result of severe restrictions on the [...] |
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01/25/2007 02:23 PM |
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Cuban Human Rights Lawyer Threatened With Jail2007-01-25 Human Rights First Cuban authorities have threatened human rights lawyer Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva with jail if he does not put an end to his human rights activities or leave Cuba. As the President of the Cuban Foundation for Human Rights, Gonzalez Leiva has been a vigorous human [...] |
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07/05/2006 11:02 AM |
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Cuba: Release of Political Prisoners An Urgent First Step Towards Credible Membership on the Un Human Rights Council2006-07-04 Cuba Futuro FoundationVienna/Amsterdam, 4 July 2006. The credibility of Cuba as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council is seriously compromised by the incarceration of approximately 320 political prisoners and by many other human rights [...] |
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03/27/2006 11:13 PM |
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Cuba Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – 2005Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and LaborMarch 8, 2006 Cuba, with a population of 11 million, is a totalitarian state led by a president, Fidel Castro, whose regime controls all aspects of life through the Communist Party (CP) and its affiliated mass organizations, the [...] |
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03/12/2006 06:13 PM |
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Posted on Wed, Mar. 08, 2006 U.S. diplomat decries `sinister wave of repression’ in CubaBY MIKE CLARYSouth Florida Sun-Sentinel HAVANA – The top American diplomat in Cuba lashed out Wednesday at what he called “a sinister wave of repression” on the island by the Castro government during a press conference timed to coincide with the [...] |
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02/11/2006 01:03 PM |
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Cuba: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2006 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. February 28, 2005. Cuba remains a Latin American anomaly: an undemocratic government that represses nearly all forms of political dissent. President Fidel Castro, now in his forty-seventh year in power, shows no willingness to consider even minor [...] |
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01/19/2006 06:03 PM |
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Cuba Cuba remains a Latin American anomaly: an undemocratic government that represses nearly all forms of political dissent. President Fidel Castro, now in his forty-seventh year in power, shows no willingness to consider even minor reforms. Instead, his government continues to enforce political conformity using criminal prosecutions, long- and short-term detentions, mob harassment, police warnings, [...] |
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11/22/2005 06:19 PM |
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Fear driven anonymity from inside Cuba I am XXXXXXXXXX and have been living in La Havana for about X years. 2 of there years were spent taking Spanish at XXXXXXX. No one lives on the street in Cuba because it is illegal. The police who are on every corner do not permit it. You go [...] |
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11/01/2005 10:26 AM |
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US steps up planning for a Cuba without CastroBy Guy Dinmore in WashingtonPublished: October 31 2005 22:59 | Last updated: October 31 2005 22:59 US planning for Cuba’s “transition” after the demise of Fidel Castro has entered a new stage, with a special office for reconstruction inside the US State Department preparing for the “day [...] |
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10/24/2005 03:19 PM |
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Situation of Human Rights in Cuba 2005-10-23 1. IntroductionFor the past 46 years Cuba has been, and continues to be, a totalitarian state controlled single-handedly by Fidel Castro, who occupies all the relevant: Head of State, Head of Government, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and First Secretary of the Communist Party. The authority [...] |
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10/21/2005 01:04 PM |
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HRW Report: U.S. and Cuban Policies Forcibly Separate Families |
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U.S. and Cuban Policies Forcibly Separate FamiliesBoth Governments Impose Inhumane Travel Restrictions (Miami, October 19, 2005) — Both Cuba and the United States have imposed harsh travel restrictions that cause the forced separation of Cuban families, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.Based on interviews with dozens of Cubans and Cuban-Americans, the report [...] |
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10/20/2005 01:42 PM |
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Posted on Thu, Oct. 20, 2005 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REPORTCuba, U.S. rules hurt families, group saysA new study by a human rights group blasts both Havana and Washington for travel policies that force families apart.BY FRANCES ROBLESfrobles@herald.com Washington and Havana rip apart Cuban families with travel policies that violate civil rights, Human Rights Watch said [...] |