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| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: US slams human rights abuses in Venezuela and Cuba |
| The 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices issued by the US Department of State highlights violations of human rights in Cuba, Venezuela and Colombia. The three Latin American countries are criticized by the "restrictions on ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: European Parliament highly critical of Cuba |
| Havana human rights advocate Elizardo Sánchez praised the resolution, saying that ``never before had there been such a strong declaration on. Cuba by the European democracies. '' Cuba insists it holds no political prisoners, ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba hunger striker recovering after collapse |
| improved human rights on the island. Cuba has said the EU's position is an obstacle to better EU-Cuba relations. The hunger striker's death also has set back efforts by U.S. President Barack Obama to improve U.S. relations with Cuba ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: EUROPEAN PARLAMENT: JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION ON ... |
| European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights;. 11. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the EU rotating Presidency, the Vice-President of the. Commission/High Representative of the ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: EU condemns Cuba for rights violations |
| AP: "I don't think a hunger strike can be used as a pretext for human rights to free people. Imagine if all the criminals in Sao Paulo entered into hunger strikes to demand freedom." EU condemns Cuba for rights violations - Latest News ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: UN torture expert hopes to visit Cuba this summer |
| Russia, Pakistan and others said the report breached guidelines they have set for human rights experts. Nowak says "I don't need a code of conduct." UN torture expert hopes to visit Cuba this summer - Taiwan News Online (10 March 2010) ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba's Healthcare Horror |
| Not everyone welcomes the exposure of Cuba's human rights record. Not so long ago, Alan Colmes on Fox berated me saying: "Oh! Ok, so now 40 years after his death all of a sudden YOU discover all this horrible stuff ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Brazil leader blasted for stance on Cuba prisoners |
| prisoners and hunger strikes over human rights. A Cuban dissident on hunger strike to demand the release of ailing political prisoners accused President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on. Wednesday of complicity with "the tyranny of Castro. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Communications activist silenced in Cuban jail cell |
| U.S. human rights outreach in the island nation. The autocracy had hoped that efforts launched under President George W. Bush would subside, but. President Obama -- for whom Gross campaigned in 2008 -- has maintained the programs. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Dissident's death spurs new protests in Cuba |
| brother Raúl, but Human Rights Watch says Raúl Castro has locked up scores of people for exercising their fundamental freedoms. The group says Raúl Castro has used the courts to silence free speech, quash labor ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Google welcomes chance to export to Iran, Cuba |
| Boorstin encouraged human rights activists also to rely on platforms other than the Internet for transmitting information. Google welcomes chance to export to Iran, Cuba - Technology - MiamiHerald.com (9 March 2010) ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba takes tough stance on hunger striker Guillermo ... |
| Havana human rights activist Elizardo Sánchez, who has urged Fariñas to end his hunger strike, said it's the government's responsibility ``to immediately offer him institutional medical care, as it should have done ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Fight against Cuban regime knows no skin color |
| Human rights, democracy and freedom for all Cubans is at the heart of our struggle. CESAR PIZARRO, chairman, Facts About Cuban Exiles, Miami. Fight against Cuban regime knows no skin color - Letters to the Editor - ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: No end to repression |
| line," says Nik Steinberg, a researcher with Human Rights Watch who visited Cuba recently, despite being denied official permission to enter. Don't expect change any time soon in Cuba - except a further loss of its ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Protests in Cuba must continue without hunger strikes ... |
| last week encouraging the efforts of human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience in the country, but asked that their demands be made without resorting to hunger strikes. Paya's statement explained that "hunger strikes by ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba blasts foreign press for dissident coverage |
| Elizardo Sanchez, head of the Havana-based Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation, said in a statement that the article in state-media meant that the government was "laying the groundwork to ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: The Cuban People Need Canada's Support |
| Human Rights in Cuba · Moderate quake hits eastern Cuba - Posted on Friday, 02.12.10Moderate quake hits eastern CubaHAVANA -- A magnitude-5.4 earthquake hit eastern Cuba early Friday, rattling nerves but causing no ... 3 weeks ago ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: CPJ holds Cuba responsible for welfare of jailed ... |
| leading human rights activist told CPJ. Pollán, wife of jailed independent journalist Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez—a 2008 CPJ awardee—told CPJ that jailed journalists Pedro Argüelles Morán, José Luis García Paneque, Alfredo Pulido López, ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuban hunger striker vows to go until he dies |
| force-feeding can be a human rights violation. At the U.S. Naval Base at. Guantanamo, for instance, more than 130 terror suspects have refused meals at different times. In some cases, that has prompted officials to ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Most deaths largely ignored |
| Juan Carlos González Leiva heads the Cuban Council of Human Rights Rapporteurs, founded in 2007 to gather information on human-rights abuses throughout the island. Leiva reports around 250 penitentiary ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Subdued Response to Cuban Dissident's Death |
| ... fallen like another shovelful of earth on the grave of Cuban dissident Orlando Zapata, a bricklayer who died Feb. 23 after nearly three months on hunger strike in prison on the Caribbean island."Human rights problems exist all over the. |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Honeymoon cancelled |
| human-rights groups. Hundreds of police prevented all but a few dissidents from attending his funeral in his home town in eastern Cuba. Mr Zapata, a bricklayer from a poor family, was arrested in 2003 during ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Fidel Castro Is Back in Charge |
| everything—human rights, freedom of the press, political prisoners—everything, everything, everything." SUBSCRIBE Click Here to subscribe to NEWSWEEK and save up to 85% >>. But over the past year, some prominent Cuba analysts say, ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Truth about the travel ban |
| for basic human rights or helped Cuba's civil society gain any democratic space. Even supporters of lifting tourism sanctions concede this. At a CATO Institute forum in December, U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake, of Arizona, ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Aid groups vexed by US hold on $40M in Cuba funds |
| human rights in the island. On Wednesday, another hunger-striking prisoner, independent journalist Guillermo Farinas, was hospitalized after he lost consciousness. Ricardo Zuniga, deputy director of the U.S. State Department's Office of ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Radio, TV Martí fight for freedom |
| death of this humble and heroic man who sought respect for human rights through his hunger strike. From day one, Zapata Tamayo's death was broadcast live by Radio Martí. That is why we were surprised to see Francisco ``Pépe'' Hernández ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: A Cuban dissident is murdered while Latin leaders ... |
| for human rights while embracing Castro. Mary Anastasia O'Grady discusses the meeting between Fidel Castro and. Felipe Calderon. Like most Cuban dissidents, Zapata did not so much choose his role as martyr as it chose him. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba swoops on mourners |
| ... 2010The Cuban Government detained at least 126 people, including dissidentblogger Yoani Sanchez, in a crackdown after the hunger strike death ofpolitical prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo, a human rights group saidyesterday. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba's other face |
| The human rights group called for the immediate release of all prisoners of conscience, and said a full investigation must be carried out to establish whether ill treatment played a role in the case of Mr. Zapata. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba: Fatal hunger strike creates a martyr |
| European Union's common position on Cuba, which calls for human rights improvements as a condition for better relations. Now, analysts say the uproar in Europe over Zapata's death will make changes to Cuba-EU relations unlikely. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba TV report denies gov't let hunger striker die |
| Human rights groups say Zapata Tamayo was refusing food to draw attention to Cuba's human rights record and its treatment of political prisoners. The newscast contended he refused food because authorities wouldn't put a TV set, ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuban crimes and US apologists |
| Cárdenas Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - 6:12 PM ShareAs if the world needed further reminding, in recent weeks there havebeen two events that underscore the unremitting brutality of the Castroregime in Cuba. Just last week, human rights ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba's deadly justice |
| That's right, Mr. President, serious human rights abuses were committed against terrorism suspects held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, and they were vociferously denounced by ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Political Prisoners Still Languish In Cuba |
| Political Prisoners Still Languish In CubaThe death of a human rights activist jailed in Cuba highlights theplight of political prisoners."There are more than 200 similar prisoners of conscience jailed in Cuba."The death of a human ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Advancing The Dialogue With Cuba |
| and allowing U.S. telecommunications companies to do business there. It is hoped that the Havana government will respond to these good-faith gestures with steps of its own to ensure the most basic human rights and ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Efforts to engage Cuba stall |
| on Cuba's human rights record. But the Zapata and Gross cases undermined the argument that since the. Cuban government has made no concessions, the United States and EU should take unilateral steps to engage with the Cuban people, said ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba says dead hunger striker was common criminal |
| improved human rights on the communist-led island. Cuban dissidents have said Zapata was a martyr to their cause and vowed to step up pressure for democratic change in Cuba. (Reporting by Nelson Acosta; editing by Jeff Franks) ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Brazilian leader under pressure for Cuba, Iran policy |
| power, will be viewed through moral and human rights lens for how it responds to autocratic governments. It's a delicate dance, but remaining engaged with Havana and Tehran doesn't require deafness to pro-democracy movements. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Blacks bear the brunt of Cuba's brutality |
| ... poor, black Cuban worker imprisonedsince 2003 -- died after an almost three-months-long hunger strike toprotest racial oppression, the denial of civil and human rights and thebrutality he had endured in prison. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Dissident's death will put Cuba on the spot |
| ``The human rights movement in Cuba has reacted as if we were one single person, with one single voice, condemning Zapata's death,'' Sanchez said. ``There is a lot of discontent here, and this will lead to many more ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba tras la muerte de Zapata |
| protesta importante'', me dijo José Miguel Vivanco, de Human Rights Watch. ``Para superar esta situación, necesitariamos una presión internacional eficaz, y no la veo en ningún lado''. Mi opinión: la muerte de Zapata no producirá ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGTHS CONDEMNS DEATH OF ... |
| Washington, DC, February 26, 2010 — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, IACHR, deeply regrets and condemns the death of Cuban dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo, who died of starvation after 85 days on a hunger strike. The. |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Dissident's Death Ignites Protest Actions in Cuba |
| prompt reprisals by the authorities, said Human Rights Watch, citing the case of Yordis García Fournier, who stopped eating for more than a month in 2008 and was placed in solitary confinement and prevented from receiving family visits. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Imprisoned for 'dangerousness' in Cuba |
| and walked home, past the watchful gaze of his neighbors. The writer is a researcher with the Americas division of Human Rights Watch. Nik Steinberg - Imprisoned for 'dangerousness' in Cuba - washingtonpost.com (27 February 2010) ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Castros equal-opportunity oppressors |
| truth: ``When one is fighting for liberty and human rights within a totalitarian society like the one that exists in Cuba, it is hurtful and offensive that citizens from a free society who have access to uncensored information visit our ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba dissidents: Dead hunger striker not forgotten |
| ... pm ETHAVANA – Cuba's opposition community pledged Thursday to seize upon theinternational outcry over a hunger-striking dissident's death in prisonand increase pressure on the communist government to improve its humanrights record. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Is the Castro-friendly Cuba policy working? |
| Human rights groups agree that Cuban totalitarianism has not eased since 79-year-old Raúl Castro replaced his 83-year-old brother, Fidel. "Rather than dismantle Cuba's repressive machinery, Raúl Castro has kept it ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: 4 Cuban inmates, 1 activist declare hunger strikes |
| The human rights commission says Cuba holds about 200 political prisoners, though that list includes some inmates imprisoned for violent acts. Despite limits on freedom of expression, assembly and the press, Cuba's ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Free political prisoners, Spain tells Cuba |
| ... Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis RodriguezZapatero has demanded that Cuba's communist government release its'prisoners of conscience' and respect human rights following the deathof a Cuban political prisoner on hunger strike. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuban hunger striker buried as security agents watch |
| Sanchez, head of the illegal but tolerated Cuban Human Rights and. National Reconciliation Commission. ``Our count so far shows the wave of government repression affected about 100 people,'' he said by telephone from Havana, ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Washington Post cuestiona política de concesiones a Cuba |
| El Post nota que los grupos de derechos humanos Human Rights Watch y. Freedom House han hallado que la represión en Cuba no ha cesado bajo la presidencia de Raúl Castro y lamenta que "sin embargo, el acercamiento ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: ROS-LEHTINEN CAUTIONS SECRETARY CLINTON ON OVERTURES ... |
| "Cuban political prisoner of conscience and human rights dissident. Orlando Zapata Tamayo died of a hunger strike this week. This is the fate of those engaged in the struggle for freedom in Cuba. Let us honor ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba redefines torture |
| democratic [regime] and most respectful of human rights'' picked on this young black man, a humble mason and plumber born on May 15, 1967. Solitary confinement, beatings and abuses did not shatter his dignity. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba imposes "state of siege" for dissident's funeral |
| chairman of the unofficial Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation. Banes, he said, "was like a town in the Philippines seized by the. Japanese army." Dissidents and the deceased's family say Gen. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba arrests curb dissident fury over starvation death |
| Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation. ''Some also have been held in their houses without a judicial warrant, to prevent people going to the wake,'' he said. A crowd of about 100 activists met at the home of Laura ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba crackdown hardens |
| that Cuba should "improve" its human rights "by releasing unconditionally all political prisoners." Cuba claims it has no political prisoners; according to officials, regime opponents are "mercenaries" in the pay of Washington or ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Encourage change from within |
| Human Rights in Cuba · Moderate quake hits eastern Cuba - Posted on Friday, 02.12.10Moderate quake hits eastern CubaHAVANA -- A magnitude-5.4 earthquake hit eastern Cuba early Friday, rattling nerves but causing no ... 1 week ago ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cubans learn slowly about dissident's death |
| hunger strike brought calls from foreign governments and human rights groups for Havana to release all political prisoners. But on the island, the news emerged slowly about Cuba's first jailed dissident in almost 40 ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuban human rights activist in maximum security prison must be ... |
| Cuban human rights activist in maximum security prison must be released26 February 2010Amnesty International has adopted its 55th prisoner of conscience inCuba and urged President Raúl Castro to release him immediately ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Stop coddling Cuban dictatorship |
| A plumber and bricklayer, he was arrested by the Cuban regime in 2003 -- part of a sweep of 75 human rights activists, independent journalists and librarians pushing Cuba to follow the international declaration of human rights. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Death of Cuban prisoner of conscience on hunger ... |
| respect for human rights, in particular obligations in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights." Orlando Zapata Tamayo was one of 55 prisoners of conscience who have been adopted by Amnesty International in Cuba. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Rechazo mundial al régimen castrista |
| Human Rights Watch: Pidió la liberación de todos los presos políticos en Cuba, que viven en condiciones "horribles'' y no tienen "ningún derecho'' ni "ningún mecanismo para protegerse de los abusos''. * Willy Chirino (músico): La muerte ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| HRW pide a EE UU y la Unión Europea 'políticas de presión eficaces' |
| (REUTERS)Human Rights Watch (HRW) calificó este miércoles de "tragedia" la muerte del preso político cubano Orlando Zapata Tamayo, y pidió a Estados Unidos ya la Unión Europea (UE) que cambien su política hacia. |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuban dissidents kept from political prisoner's ... |
| as human rights activists reported 30 people were detained on the way to the dissident's funeral. Orlando Zapata Tamayo, who was jailed in 2003 in a crackdown on political opposition, died Tuesday after a hunger strike that lasted for ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Spain criticizes Cuba over dissident's death |
| dialogue with human rights has yielded few results. Chaves said Zapata's death on Tuesday showed that there was a "deficit" in human rights in Cuba. Spain had expressed concern for Zapata's health at a recent bilateral ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Jailed activist starves to death in Cuba |
| fighter for human rights." A crackdown on government opposition resulted in Orlando Zapata Tamayo being arrested in 2003 on charges including contempt and public disorder. Tamayo was involved with multiple dissident organizations ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba in crackdown after dissident's death |
| the human rights situation in the country by releasing unconditionally all political prisoners," EU commission spokesman John Clancy told AFP. Cuba claims it has no political prisoners; it says regime opponents are ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Rights group criticizes Cuba in prisoner's death |
| ... strike deathof jailed Cuban activist Orlando Zapata Tamayo a "terrible indictment"of repression on the island and urged Cuban President Raul Castro onWednesday to release all political prisoners.The London-based human rights group. |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Amnesty International demands change after Cuba ... |
| of political dissidents in Cuba," the human rights organization said. At the time of his death, the dissident had been serving a 36-year jail sentence for wrongdoings such as "disrespect," "public disorder," ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba denies role in dissident death, detains more ... |
| Human rights organizations denounced that there are around 200 political prisoners in the communist island. The Cuban government denies that there are any political prisoners in Cuba, and says all prisoners ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| The Violation of Human Rights in Venezuela and Cuba |
| The Violation of Human Rights in Venezuela and CubaPosted by Ian VasquezA report (PDF) released today by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights condemns in well documented form the growing violation of human rights under the ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuban dissidents say they're being held at home after ... |
| Human Rights and National Reconciliation in Havana. Security forces across the island have detained more than 25 activists and restricted an equal number to their homes, warning them not to participate in any activities marking the case ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuban Democratic Directorate Condemns Murder of ... |
| and those directly responsible for the death of this human rights defender for committing this crime against humanity. Zapata Tamayo's death will not be in vain. It will illuminate the path of Cuba's civic resistance until the Cuban ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Orlando Zapata Tamayo dies |
| February 23, 2010Orlando Zapata Tamayo diesCuban political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo died today, 82 days after he started a hunger strike to demand respect for his human rights, according to a report from Cuban Democratic ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuban prison hunger striker Orlando Zapata Tamayo dies |
| Cuba's illegal but tolerated Human Rights Commission says there are about 200 political prisoners still held in Cuba, about one-third less than when Raul Castro took over as president from his brother Fidel. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuban dissident Orlando Zapata dies after 85 days on ... |
| Mr Zapata's demise is "bad news for the human rights movement and for the government as well," Mr Sanchez said. In Miami, a Cuban exile group quoted Mr Zapata's mother as saying authorities essentially killed her son in Havana. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba blasts US leaders for meeting with dissidents |
| Elizardo Sanchez, head of the independent Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation, confirmed that a group of Cuban dissident leaders met with the U.S. delegation late Friday at the residence of the head of the U.S. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Reporters Without Borders correspondent turns 60 in priso |
| by any sign of an improvement in respect for human rights. Like all the other imprisoned journalists, González must be freed. Cuba - Reporters Without Borders correspondent turns 60 in prison | Fromtheold (18 February 2010) ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuban political prisoner on hunger strike gravely ill |
| Elizardo Sanchez, chairman of the unofficial Cuban Human Rights Commission, Tuesday said Zapata's family confirmed the transfer from the prison in Camaguey, 533 km east of the capital. Doctors told the prisoner's mother, ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Spain seeks human rights commitment from Cuba |
| Spain seeks human rights commitment from CubaMadrid, Feb 16 : Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos has asked the Cuban government for a 'commitment' to respect human rights so that Madrid can convince its European Union ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Spain urges Cuba to show willingness on human rights |
| Spain urges Cuba to show willingness on human rightsPosted : Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:38:14 GMTBy : dpaCategory : Europe (World)Madrid - Spain on Monday urged Cuba to show willingness to respect human rights so that Madrid could persuade the ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Chile's new leader vows to speak out for democracy |
| I also think that human rights are not respected in Cuba. . . . That's why, as president of Chile, I aspire to do as much as I can to seek that the Organization of American States Charter and the OAS mandate to ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuban community grows with refugees |
| ... Cuba in 1959 and has been helping other refugees since 2005, hands Jose Noa Roque the keys to his new house in Chattanooga.For more than 10 years, Jose Noa fought for human rights in Cuba, an activity that didn't sit well with the. |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba releases all dissidents arrested last week |
| Cuba releases all dissidents arrested last week(AFP)HAVANA — Cuba has released the last five of a group of 35 dissidents it arrested last week for demonstrating on behalf of a conscientious objector, a Cuban human rights group said. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: No 'common policy,' as Europe grapples over its ... |
| Human rights organizations such as HRW perhaps intemperately criticize Spain's intention to give up the Common Position, as "it would send the signal that the EU does not care about the fate of political prisoners in Cuba. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuban dissidents beaten, detained |
| Cuban dissidents beaten, detainedHavana, Feb 6 : Cuba has detained 37 dissidents in eastern Camaguey province for showing solidarity with an ailing political prisoner, a human rights group said.Elizardo Sanchez, chairman of the NGO ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Labour is right on Cuba |
| Labour is right on CubaOur policy of prioritising human rights and freedom of speech – unlike the Tories – in relations with Cuba is the right oneStephen Wilkinson is profoundly wrong to argue that the UK government should not insist on ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Lech Walesa in Miami: Changes will soon come to Cuba |
| Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba at the Freedom Tower, said the rest of the world needs to see the real Cuba -- and not the island as ``a tourist attraction.'' A union organizer and founder of the Solidarity Movement, Walesa led a ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: The (Non) Right of Cubans to Travel |
| situation of the uppercase violation of the rights of people and one which is the source of much human suffering. Only for this reason it is worth our trouble to look into this matter and to begin to move in that direction. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Stop Harassing Human Rights Defender and Family |
| 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 ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| HRW calls on Cuba to end harassment |
| 27 (UPI) -- Cuban authorities should end their alleged harassment of blind human rights defender Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.In a release issued from Washington, HRW accused Cuba of repeatedly ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| HRW pide a Cuba cesar la "persecución" a defensor de DDHH |
| HRW pide a Cuba cesar la "persecución" a defensor de DDHH27/01/2010 - 20:26La organización Human Rights Watch denunció este miércoles la "persecución" del defensor de los derechos humanos Juan Carlos González Leiva por parte del ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| HRW pide el 'fin inmediato de la persecución' contra Juan Carlos ... |
| HRW pide el 'fin inmediato de la persecución' contra Juan Carlos González LeivaAutor y Ciudad:DDCubaLa organización internacional Human Rights Watch (HRW) dijo este miércoles que La Habana "debe poner fin inmediatamente a la ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Rights Situation Remains Poor in Cuba, Dissidents Say |
| Rights Situation Remains Poor in Cuba, Dissidents SayHAVANA – The state of human rights in Cuba did not improve last year and is unlikely to get better in 2010, a dissident organization said Tuesday, though noting that the number of ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Human rights abusers 'turn on activists in 2009' |
| Human rights abusers 'turn on activists in 2009'By Sebastian Smith (AFP) – 5 hours agoNEW YORK — Human rights defenders from Russia to Sri Lanka were themselves targets of vicious abuses in 2009, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday in its ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| HRW - 2010 Cuba Report |
| CubaEvents of 2009The change in government leadership in 2006-when Fidel Castro handed control to his brother Raul-has had little effect on Cuba's dismal human rights record. Cuba remains the one country in Latin America that represses ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba - Informe HRW 2010 |
| estadounidenses sin restricciones, pero los proyectos de ley aún no han sido votados. Cuba | Human Rights Watch (20 January 2010) http://www.hrw.org/es/world-report-2010/cuba-0. Posted by Cuba Verdad at 1/20/2010 01:15:00 PM ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Human Rights Watch critica represión en Cuba y medidas de Obama |
| Publicado el miércoles, 01.20.10Human Rights Watch critica represión en Cuba y medidas de ObamaPor DIEGO GRAGLIAThe Associated PressMEXICO -- La organización de derechos humanos Human Rights Watch criticó el miércoles al presidente Raúl ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| HRW dice que La Habana mantiene 'plenamente activas' las ... |
| HRW dice que La Habana mantiene 'plenamente activas' las estructuras represivasAutor y Ciudad:DDCubaLa organización Human Rights Watch (HRW) presentó este miércoles su informe anual en el que denunció que Raúl Castro "ha mantenido ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Group: Cuban political prisoners drop by 5 to 201 |
| Posted on Tuesday, 01.19.10Group: Cuban political prisoners drop by 5 to 201The Associated PressHAVANA -- The number of political prisoners behind bars in Cuba fell by five to 201 in the past six months, an island human rights group ... |