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| 02/08/2012 04:36 PM |
| Cuban spring ‘unavoidable’ amid repression |
| Cuban spring 'unavoidable' amid repressionby Laima Andrikiene08 February 2012 The international community must act against the undemocratic Cuban regime as it increases its repression of dissidents, argues a member of the European Parliament's human rights subcommittee Who is responsible for the death of the Cuban political prisoner Wilman Villar Mendoza on January 19? Why, on [...] |
| 02/08/2012 12:08 AM |
| My Wish for 2012: Outraged People in Cuba / Miriam Celaya |
| My Wish for 2012: Outraged People in Cuba / Miriam CelayaMiriam Celaya, Translator: Norma Whiting Santana Cartoon illustrating the post in Penúltimos Days A European friend who recently visited Havana asked me what my greatest wish for this year 2012 was. Of course, she expected me to express to her the same old litany: the [...] |
| 02/06/2012 11:17 PM |
| Wilman Villar Mendoza: The Death of a Dissident / Yoani Sánchez |
| Wilman Villar Mendoza: The Death of a Dissident / Yoani SánchezTranslator: Unstated, Yoani Sánchez The punishment cell is narrow, is five feet wide by two long, cold and there is not even a blanket for cover. From the hole in the floor that serves as a toilet, a rat occasionally emerges and looks curiously at [...] |
| 02/06/2012 09:07 PM |
| Roots of Hope inspires a new generation to help Cubans find freedom |
| Posted on Sunday, 02.05.12ROOTS OF HOPE Roots of Hope inspires a new generation to help Cubans find freedomBY CARMEN PELAEZwww.carmenpelaez.com As I was lining up in the corrals before our run in the ING Miami Half Marathon for a fundraiser for Roots of Hope, a U.S. college network of students and their supporters who are [...] |
| 02/05/2012 07:47 PM |
| Further information: Prisoners of conscience freed – Amnesty International |
| Cuba: Further information: Prisoners of conscience freed Further information on UA: 355/11Index: AMR 25/002/2012Cuba Date: 23 January 2012 URGENT ACTION PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE FREED Cuban human right activists Ivonne Malleza Galano and Ignacio Martínez Montejo were released from detention on 20 January, along with Isabel Haydee Álvarez, who was detained after calling on officials to [...] |
| 02/05/2012 07:34 PM |
| Cuban authorities ‘responsible’ for activist’s death on hunger strike – Amnesty International |
| Cuban authorities ‘responsible’ for activist’s death on hunger strike 20 January 2012 “The responsibility for Wilman Villar Mendoza’s death in custody lies squarely with the Cuban authorities, who summarily judged and jailed him for exercising his right to freedom of expression.” Javier Zúñiga, Special Adviser at Amnesty International Fri, 20/01/2012 The death in custody of [...] |
| 02/05/2012 07:29 PM |
| Cuban women on a protest march say police harassed and detained them |
| Posted on Thursday, 02.02.12 Cuban women on a protest march say police harassed and detained them They say they were trying to stage a march in the central Cuba city of Santa Clara when police searched them for cellphones By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com Cuban dissidents say police beat, groped and detained seven women who tried [...] |
| 02/05/2012 07:27 PM |
| Amnesty: Cuba Releases 3 Prisoners of Conscience |
| Amnesty: Cuba Releases 3 Prisoners of ConscienceBy PETER ORSI Associated PressHAVANA January 23, 2012 (AP) Amnesty International said Monday that three Cubans held without charge for 52 days following their arrest at a protest were released last week, hours after the human rights group named them as prisoners of conscience. The release of the three [...] |
| 02/05/2012 07:19 PM |
| A Cuban-American jailed in Cuba since 2006 is freed and sent home because of ill health |
| Posted on Friday, 02.03.12 A Cuban-American jailed in Cuba since 2006 is freed and sent home because of ill health Julio Rafael Mesa Fariñas, freed by Cuba on Friday, was in a cell next to Alan Gross during part of his incarceration.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@elnuevoherald.com The Cuban government freed a former Hialeah truck driver jailed [...] |
| 02/05/2012 07:10 PM |
| Dissident blogger says Cubans wanted more from Brazilian visit |
| Posted on Thursday, 02.02.12 Dissident blogger says Cubans wanted more from Brazilian visit The Brazilian leader had vowed to make human rights a cornerstone of her foreign policy pointed to the U.S. detention camp for suspected terrorists at Guantánamo Bay on the island's southeastern tip.By Matthew BristowBloomberg News HAVANA — Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez said [...] |
| 01/11/2012 04:45 AM |
| Open Letter from the Writer Ángel Santiesteban-Prats to the New President of Spain / Ángel Santiesteban |
| Open Letter from the Writer Ángel Santiesteban-Prats to the New President of Spain / Ángel SantiestebanAngel Santiesteban, Translator: Unstated Havana, 20 December 2011 President Mariano Rajoy, I turn to you on the day my daughter celebrates her birthday. Just thinking of the Cuban young people, I decided to write you these humble and sincere words [...] |
| 01/10/2012 04:35 PM |
| Human Rights Still Suffer Despite Change In Cuba |
| Human Rights Still Suffer Despite Change In Cuba01-09-2012New incarcerations for political dissent have not stopped. Members of dissident group "Ladies in White" pray after a Mass and before the group's weekly march at Santa Rita church in Havana, Cuba, Sunday Oct. 16, 2011. The group continues to face harassment by government officials and pro-government groups. [...] |
| 01/09/2012 07:45 PM |
| Exemption for Cuban Prisoners |
| Jose A. Gutierrez-Solana – Former Cuban political prisoner Exemption for Cuban PrisonersPosted: 1/8/12 10:44 AM ET My name is Jose A. Gutierrez-Solana, a former Cuban political prisoner, from January 1961 to January 1971. I was content when I came across the recent announcement made on December 23rd, 2011 by Raul Castro that the Cuban Government [...] |
| 01/04/2012 06:19 AM |
| Cuban History Marches Backward / Dimas Castellanos |
| Cuban History Marches Backward / Dimas CastellanosDimas Castellanos, Translator: Unstated For any society, it will be frustrating if its history, instead of progressing forward, heads backwards by leaps and bounds. This is the case for Cuban society, whose situation with regards to freedom and rights is the same or worse than it was leading to [...] |
| 01/03/2012 09:02 PM |
| How Far Can Cuba’s Raul Castro go on Immigration? |
| How Far Can Cuba's Raul Castro go on Immigration?January 3, 2012Haroldo Dilla Alfonso* HAVANA TIMES, Jan 3 — No one should be mistaken. When something is affirmed by the second-rate intellectuals of the Cuban government, particularly those who don't enjoy the protection of Writers and Artists Association (UNEAC) and the minister of Culture, it's because [...] |
| 01/03/2012 07:02 PM |
| Cuban prisoner dies during hunger strike |
| Posted on Monday, 01.02.12 Cuban prisoner dies during hunger strikeThe Associated Press HAVANA — A leading human rights activist says a Cuban prisoner who launched a hunger strike because he was not part of a large prison amnesty has died of an apparent heart attack. Rights activist Elizardo Sanchez said Monday that Rene Cobas died [...] |
| 01/03/2012 06:19 AM |
| The Pope’s Visit to Cuba: Expectations and Possibilities / Intramuros |
| The Pope's Visit to Cuba: Expectations and Possibilities / IntramurosIntraMuros Editorial 24The Catholic Church and the official press have announced that His Holiness the Pope Benedict XVI "is considering visiting Mexico and Cuba during the spring of the year 2012". At the same time, the spokesman of the Holy See has declared that the State [...] |
| 01/02/2012 10:45 PM |
| Lady in White Elizabeth Linda Kawoya Toca Summoned by State Security / Katia Sonia |
| Lady in White Elizabeth Linda Kawoya Toca Summoned by State Security / Katia SoniaKatia Sonia, Translator: Unstated Elizabeth Linda Nanyonga Kawooya Toca, a member of the Laura Pollan Ladies in White Movement, was summoned by State Security for 2:00 pm on November 4th at the National Revolutionary Police (PNR) station at Infanta and Amenidad in [...] |
| 01/01/2012 06:03 PM |
| It’s Not The Same Water / Yoani Sánchez |
| It's Not The Same Water / Yoani SánchezTranslator: Unstated, Yoani Sánchez My small end-of-year tribute to the commentators Water* falls from the balconies. It's midnight and sonorous waterfalls spill from the windows and doors that give on to the street and terraces. It is the overflowing liquid of a slow scrubbing, the residue of a [...] |
| 01/01/2012 04:57 PM |
| Cardinal Says Pope’s Visit To Cuba Will Be A Special Grace |
| Cardinal Says Pope's Visit To Cuba Will Be A Special Grace16-December-2011 — Catholic News Agency (http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=23972) VATICAN CITY, December 15 (CNA) .- Cardinal Jaime Ortega y Alamino of Havana voiced anticipation over Pope Benedict XVI's planned visit to Cuba in March of 2012. "The Pope's visit is always a special grace like John Paul II's [...] |
| 12/30/2011 11:47 PM |
| Cuba’s Humanitarianism Falls Short |
| Cuba's Humanitarianism Falls Short12-30-2011 The United States is deeply disappointed that the pardon was not extended to Alan Gross. The government of Cuba says it has pardoned and will release some 2,900 prisoners held in its jails. President Raul Castro called the pre-Christmas announcement a humanitarian gesture that would include women, the ailing, people older [...] |
| 12/29/2011 09:20 PM |
| Cuba’s Justice System Mustn’t Be Blind |
| Cuba's Justice System Mustn't Be BlindDecember 29, 2011Fernando Ravsberg HAVANA TIMES, Dec 29 — Upon hearing the news of the pardon of 2,900 prisoners, a friend who's a "revolutionary" warned me that "the streets are going to turn bad"; while a dissident complained to me that "the Cuban government's decision was too limited." The controversy [...] |
| 12/28/2011 08:43 PM |
| Jailing of Cuban dissidents denounced |
| Posted on Tuesday, 12.27.11 Jailing of Cuban dissidents denouncedBy Juan Carlos Chavezjcchavez@elnuevoherald.com Activists and groups advocating individual freedom in Cuba denounced the jailing in maximum security prisons of three peaceful opponents, including Ivonne Malleza Galano, who this year carried out a series of daring street protests. The arrests coincide with the massive amnesty announced by [...] |
| 12/27/2011 07:56 PM |
| Cuban Dissident Freed Hours After Violent Arrest |
| Cuban Dissident Freed Hours After Violent Arrest HAVANA – Prominent Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas was released without charges several hours after his "violent" arrest in the central city of Santa Clara, his family and colleagues said Monday. Fariñas was headed for church on Sunday together with a group of 10 opposition members when "three (police) [...] |
| 12/24/2011 11:37 PM |
| U.S. regrets Cuba failure to free American citizen |
| U.S. regrets Cuba failure to free American citizenWASHINGTON | Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:03pm EST (Reuters) – The State Department said on Saturday it deplored Cuba's failure to free Alan Gross – a U.S. citizen serving a 15-year prison term in a case that has stalled progress in U.S.-Cuba relations – as part of an [...] |
| 12/17/2011 02:57 PM |
| Dissidents send out images of police crackdown |
| Posted on Saturday, 12.17.11 CUBADissidents send out images of police crackdown One dissident got nine stitches, another oneBy Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com Cuban dissidents have sent out photos and videos of a large police crackdown in the eastern town of Palma Soriano that left at least five government opponents with head wounds, black eyes and other [...] |
| 12/13/2011 04:44 PM |
| Cuba urged to free political prisoners |
| Cuba urged to free political prisonersAFPDecember 13, 2011 11:10PM FREEING all political prisoners in Cuba before Pope Benedict XVI's visit next year would be "a great gesture", the cardinal who heads charity group Caritas International says. "If the political prisoners could be released, it would be seen as a sign of appreciation of the visit," [...] |
| 12/11/2011 09:16 PM |
| Cuba’s Ladies in White dissidents honor late leader on Human Rights Day, amid counterprotest |
| Cuba’s Ladies in White dissidents honor late leader on Human Rights Day, amid counterprotest By Associated Press, Published: December 10 HAVANA — Cuba’s Ladies in White dissident group paid homage to their late leader while observing International Human Rights Day at her home Saturday, surrounded by a jeering pro-government crowd for a second straight day. [...] |
| 12/11/2011 12:36 AM |
| Gov’t supporters block Ladies in White march |
| Gov't supporters block Ladies in White marchUpdated Sunday, December 11, 2011 0:09 am TWN, By Jack Kimball ,Reuters HAVANA — Dozens of slogan-chanting Cuban government supporters faced off with dissident women on Friday and prevented them from marching in the street on the eve of international Human Rights Day. About 200 backers of Cuba's communist [...] |
| 12/11/2011 12:17 AM |
| Cuba stops dissident Rights Day protest, 200 held |
| Cuba stops dissident Rights Day protest, 200 heldReutersBy Jack Kimball and Nelson Acosta | Reuters HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban dissidents said on Saturday that about 200 people were temporarily detained by the Communist-run island's security services in the days leading up to an international human rights celebration. Government supporters danced salsa and chanted political slogans [...] |
| 12/11/2011 12:16 AM |
| Cuba’s ‘Ladies’ mark Human Rights Day amid protest |
| Posted on Saturday, 12.10.11 Cuba's 'Ladies' mark Human Rights Day amid protestBy PETER ORSIAssociated Press HAVANA — Cuba's Ladies in White dissident group paid homage to their late leader while observing International Human Rights Day at her home Saturday, surrounded by a jeering pro-government crowd for a second straight day. Photos of Laura Pollan and [...] |
| 12/08/2011 04:52 PM |
| Cuban exiles say flotilla plan not a provocation |
| Posted on Wednesday, 12.07.11 Cuban exiles say flotilla plan not a provocationBy LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ and GISELA SOLOMONAssociated Press MIAMI — A coalition of Cuban exile groups said Wednesday their plans to anchor a small flotilla off the coast of Havana and launch fireworks to highlight the island's human rights abuses is not meant to provoke [...] |
| 12/07/2011 02:03 AM |
| Key political risks to watch in Cuba – 12-2011 |
| Key political risks to watch in CubaBy Jeff FranksHAVANA | Thu Dec 2, 2010 9:26am EST Dec 2 (Reuters) – The success or failure of Cuba's economic reforms will be the key issue to watch in the next year as the government moves to strengthen the economy and ensure survival of the island's communist system [...] |
| 12/06/2011 11:15 PM |
| A Cuban conundrum |
| Op-Ed A Cuban conundrum If Alan P. Gross were an American spy instead of a subcontractor, the U.S. would have secured his freedom from Cuban prison by now. Here's how it still could — and why it should.By William M. LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh December 6, 2011Two years ago, Cuban counterintelligence officers arrested Alan P. [...] |
| 12/06/2011 05:05 PM |
| Cuban dissidents: Colleagues injured in police crackdown |
| Posted on Tuesday, 12.06.11 Cuban dissidents: Colleagues injured in police crackdownThe dissidents say they want police to free 10 dissidents arrested.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com Cuban dissidents vowed to protest at a State Security office Tuesday unless police free 10 government critics detained in a crackdown where several suffered head wounds, a broken rib and other [...] |
| 12/06/2011 04:56 PM |
| Cuban Opposition Denounces More Than 250 Political Arrests in November |
| Cuban Opposition Denounces More Than 250 Political Arrests in NovemberPublished December 05, 2011EFE The Cuban Human Rights and National Reconciliation Commission opposition group on Monday said that at least 257 people were arrested for political reasons on the Communist-ruled island last month, most of them for short periods of time. The figure is "demonstrative of [...] |
| 12/05/2011 05:33 PM |
| Cuban dissidents report arrests at peaceful march |
| Cuban dissidents report arrests at peaceful marchMENAFN – EFE News Services – Sunday, December 04, 2011 Havana, Dec 4, 2011 (EFE via COMTEX) — About 50 Cuban opposition members were harassed and arrested when they began a march on Friday through the streets of the eastern city of Palma Soriano, relatives of some of the [...] |
| 12/03/2011 10:38 PM |
| Marches are part of campaign for coordinated protests in Cuba |
| Posted on Saturday, 12.03.11 Marches are part of campaign for coordinated protests in Cuba Police reportedly detain about 150 dissidents in two days of attempted street marches in Cuba.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com Cuban police and men in civilian clothes attacked more than 50 dissidents as they started a protest march Friday in the eastern town [...] |
| 12/03/2011 02:25 PM |
| Pope Benedict XVI’s future visit to Cuba |
| Posted on Saturday, 12.03.11 Pope Benedict XVI's future visit to CubaBY ANDY GOMEZagomez@miami.edu As Cubans on the island impatiently await Raúl Castro's reforms to improve their daily lives, the Vatican has announced that Pope Benedict XVI might travel to Cuba next year to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Our Lady of Charity, the Catholic patron [...] |
| 12/02/2011 05:43 PM |
| On Cuba’s Farmers, Lettuce and Hotels |
| On Cuba's Farmers, Lettuce and HotelsDecember 1, 2011Haroldo Dilla Alfonso HAVANA TIMES, Dec 1 — The recent authorization given to different types of cooperatives to sell products directly to the tourism industry is positive and significant for two reasons. Firstly, this is a measure that introduces a note of rationality to the Cuban economic system [...] |
| 12/01/2011 06:06 AM |
| Cynicism Without Ambiguity / Luis Felipe Rojas |
| Cynicism Without Ambiguity / Luis Felipe RojasLuis Felipe Rojas, Translator: Raul G. Just a few days ago, the Cuban ambassador to the United Nations asked the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, to join the demands of protestors around the world who demand freedom for 5 Cuban intelligence officials who all reside in US [...] |
| 11/26/2011 10:18 PM |
| Police detain dissidents headed for Havana forum on racism |
| Posted on Friday, 11.25.11 Police detain dissidents headed for Havana forum on racism Dozens of Cuban dissidents were detained to break up 'Day of Resistance.'By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com Cuban police detained more a dozen dissidents to force the cancellation of Friday's session of a forum on racial discrimination on the island, according to forum organizers. [...] |
| 11/25/2011 01:56 PM |
| Human Rights Activists arrested in Santiago, Cuba for distributing pamphlets with UN Declaration of Human Rights |
| Human Rights Activists arrested in Santiago, Cuba for distributing pamphlets with UN Declaration of Human RightsBy Alberto de la Cruz, on November 24, 2011, at 8:51 am On Hablalo Sin Miedo, former political prisoner and independent journalist Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia reports from Cuba that several human rights activists in Santiago de Cuba were attacked [...] |
| 11/22/2011 06:00 PM |
| Spain’s newly elected government may be less friendly to Cuba |
| Posted on Tuesday, 11.22.11 Spain's newly elected government may be less friendly to Cuba The new Conservative government that won Sunday's elections in Spain may be less friendly to Cuba, analysts say.By Juan O. Tamayojtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com Relations between Cuba and Spain may be headed for choppy waters after Spain's conservative Popular Party won elections Sunday, although [...] |
| 11/21/2011 12:46 PM |
| New Jewish Push To Free Alan Gross |
| New Jewish Push To Free Alan GrossAs Diplomacy Falters, Wife Pleads for Release From Cuban JailBy Nathan GuttmanPublished November 21, 2011, issue of November 25, 2011. Washington — An emotional Judy Gross recently pleaded with thousands of Jewish community leaders to help free her husband from a prison in Cuba, marking a public shift in [...] |
| 11/17/2011 05:17 AM |
| Between the Gun and the Cassock / Miriam Celaya |
| Between the Gun and the Cassock / Miriam CelayaMiriam Celaya, Translator: Norma Whiting A debate encounter sponsored by the Catholic digital publication Espacio Laical took place on Saturday, October 29th, 2011. The agency EFE, the leading Spanish news agency, reported the event in a very laudable manner, as published on October 30th on the digital [...] |
| 11/09/2011 05:20 PM |
| Defiant Cuban dissident Guido Sigler arrives in Miami |
| Posted on Wednesday, 11.09.11Miami Defiant Cuban dissident Guido Sigler arrives in MiamiBy Juan Carlos Chavezjcchavez@ElNuevoHerald.com Guido Sigler Amaya, one of 12 former political prisoners who opted to stay in Cuba after their release from prison earlier this year, arrived Tuesday at Miami International Airport determined to continue his opposition to the island nation's regime and [...] |
| 11/08/2011 11:41 PM |
| Cuba Urged To Let Church Leader, Family Leave Island |
| Cuba Urged To Let Church Leader, Family Leave IslandMonday, November 7, 2011 (6:02 pm)By BosNewsLife Americas Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)– The leader of a major Cuban network of independent churches and his family have urged Cuba's government to let them leave the Communist-run island following years of harassment, including imprisonment, [...] |
| 11/04/2011 11:20 PM |
| Lawmakers meet with freed Cuban prisoners |
| Posted on Thursday, 11.03.11 Lawmakers meet with freed Cuban prisoners Miami lawmakers on Capitol Hill hosted several former Cuban prisoners who had protested against the regime of Fidel Castro.By Erika Bolstadebolstad@mcclatchydc.com WASHINGTON — Three Cuban dissidents jailed in a 2003 crackdown and imprisoned until their exile last year to Spain, brought their story to Capitol [...] |
| 11/03/2011 11:39 PM |
| The Cuban Political Prisoners Deserve a Cuban Spring |
| The Cuban Political Prisoners Deserve a Cuban Spring11/03/2011 @ 12:02PM In March 2003, the Cuban regime rounded up 75 journalists, librarians and human peaceful dissidents and quickly hustled them off to prison for lengthy terms on bizarre, trumped-up charges. For example, Normando Hernandez, who had been writing articles on CubaNet since 1999, was found guilty [...] |