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| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: What Easing Cuba Travel Laws Means for Miami's Cuban ... |
| had family members put in prison for speaking out against the government and friends who have risked their lives for a better life in America. My grandparents died without ever having gone back and my parents refuse to ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: The New Challenge to Repressive Cuba |
| "reeducation" in prison. Cuba has more journalists locked up than any other country in the world except China and Iran. (In early July, after the archbishop of Havana and the Spanish foreign minister interceded ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba arrests eight more dissidents |
| prison terms of up to 28 years, 20 dissidents arrived in Spain last month, and six more earlier this month. Havana agreed to free the 52 dissidents within a period of four months amid a hunger strike by Guillermo Farinas, a psychologist ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Freed Cuban Prisoner Released From Hospital |
| Freed Cuban Prisoner Released From HospitalAriel Sigler Amaya Continues RecoveryPOSTED: Thursday, August 26, 2010MIAMI -- A former Cuban boxer released from a Cuban prison after seven years left a South Florida hospital Thursday after a ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Documentary depicts Cuban prisoners' living conditions |
| Biscet, 48, was sentenced to prison in 2003 for his human-rights activities. In 1997, Biscet created the Lawton Foundation for Human Rights, which released a study on the indiscriminate practice of abortion in Cuba. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Former Cuban freedom fighter now confined to wheelchair |
| In prison, he had managed to stay near his fighting weight from a lifetime ago by doing squats, push-ups, sit-ups and dips from the edge of his metal bunk and shadowboxing the way he'd learned as a boy. But in early December of 2008, ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA |
| February after a hunger strike waged in demand of better prison conditions and proper medical attention for seriously ill inmates. During his last days, Cuban authorities denied him any water or proper medical care. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Exiles emphasize Cuban people's lack of hope |
| Freed Cuban political prisoners Fabio Prieto Llorente and Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta, who arrived on Thursday in Madrid with some of their relatives, said they were happy to be out of prison but also saddened by the "lack of hope" that ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Campaign against mother of dead hunger striker must ... |
| sentenced to three years in prison for "disrespect", "public disorder" and "resistance". This was the first of a series of convictions for "disobedience" and "disorder in a penal establishment". Orlando was one of dozens of prisoners of ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| US plans more contacts with Cuba |
| The plans come after Washington welcomed a deal last month in which Cuba agreed to free 52 of 75 dissidents sentenced in 2003 to prison terms of up to 28 years, but there was no sign of an. |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Mother of dead Cuban prisoner of conscience prevented from ... |
| ... on the Cuban government to allow Reina Luis Tamayo Danger, the mother of Orlando Zapata Tamayo who died in Cuban prison earlier this year, to attend religious services and to cease their harassment of Tamayo Danger and her family. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Six Cuban dissidents 'ready' for release |
| "But it hurts to see them leave for exile, to leave the prison directly to the airport and not be able to say goodbye to relatives and friends who are not traveling," she told AFP. Cuban dissidents say that even after the release of the ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Biography of a sugar baron in '50s Cuba |
| prison in 1933 and was almost shot by a military coup firing squad. He also almost died in 1946 when he was shot in the head during a gangland-style assassination attempt. Lobo left behind a vast art collection as well as the largest ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba to free 6 more political prisoners into exile |
| crackdown on dissidents and sentenced to lengthy prison terms on charges that included treason. In a landmark deal, Cuba agreed July 7 to release the remaining 52 prisoners still jailed from the crackdown, which human rights activists ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Freed Cuban political prisoner arrives in Chile |
| Posted on Wednesday, 08.04.10Freed Cuban political prisoner arrives in ChileBy CARLA CANDIAAssociated Press WriterSANTIAGO, Chile -- A Cuban dissident released from prison by Raul Castro's government arrived Wednesday in the Chilean ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba a prison masquerading as a nation |
| Cuba a prison masquerading as a nationBy Ian RobinsonLast Updated: August 2, 2010 2:00amHmm.Looking for a vacation spot. Gotta have sun and sand and beaches. Cheap would be good.Let's see. Is there a repressive police state lacking in ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Hero's welcome for Cuban dissident |
| ... Raul Castro and the Roman Catholic Church has flown to the United States, where he received a hero's welcome from Cuban exiles.Ariel Sigler, released on June 12 after seven years in prison on the communist-ruled Caribbean island, was. |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| What Cuba's dissidents want |
| They were part of a group of 75 people who were given long prison sentences in a crackdown in early 2003. Their release followed negotiations between the Cuban Catholic church and Raúl Castro.The Cuban president had promised the Spanish ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Mom of teen held in Cuba nearly broke — Young man was ... |
| three years in a Cuban prison. They hope to have a court date set this week. Canada's Foreign Affairs Ministry has said it is doing what it can behind the scenes, but it will not interfere with the judicial process of another country. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Political prisoners in Spain confronted with maze of ... |
| dissidents to prison. He was freed 21 months later because of ill health, but he remains in Cuba today because the government still refuses to issue him a White Card. Pérez, the Cuban in Spain who still lacks documents, did not need a ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Mother wants Ottawa's help with son's Cuban 'nightmare' |
| teenager is afraid he will be spending time in a Cuban prison. Not that he has been charged in the incident – he was driving down a main road in the Caribbean country that is the second-most popular tourist destinations for Canadians ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Youth entangled in Cuban justice |
| But when that wreck happens while you're visiting communist Cuba, you're only 19 and you suddenly find yourself detained for months on end facing up to three years in prison — whether you were at fault or not — it's downright ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Freed Cuban Political Prisoners Call for Release of Other Dissidents |
| Freed Cuban Political Prisoners Call for Release of Other DissidentsThe former Cuban political prisoners who arrived this week in Spain demanded release from prison "with full rights" for all those still being held by the island's ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Out of Prison, Still Not Free |
| Op-Ed ContributorOut of Prison, Still Not FreeBy RICARDO GONZÁLEZ ALFONSOPublished: July 16, 2010MadridI NEVER imagined I would be born at the age of 60, at an altitude of several thousand feet above the Atlantic. That isn't gibberish; ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuban spy gets life sentence, wife 81 months |
| Posted on Friday, 07.16.10Cuban spy gets life sentence, wife 81 monthsBy LESLEY CLARKlclark@MiamiHerald.comWASHINGTON -- A confessed spy for Cuba was sentenced to life in prison and his wife to 81 months after telling a judge Friday ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuban prisoners say they shared cells with rats |
| Posted on Thursday, 07.15.10Cuban prisoners say they shared cells with ratsBy CIARAN GILESAssociated Press WriterMADRID -- Rats and diseases infested Cuban prison cells so badly that some inmates tried to kill themselves and other did ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Release of Dissidents Still Leaves Scores in Prison,Raul Castro ... |
| Cuba: Release of Dissidents Still Leaves Scores in PrisonRaul Castro Government Continues to Criminalize DissentJuly 8, 2010(Washington, DC) - The plan to release a group of Cuban political prisoners is a positive step, but the Cuban ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba's Changes |
| ... the Roman Catholic Church towards Cuba on the issue of human rights, has brought a result, with the Cuban Government's announcement at the end of last week of its intention to release fifty-two persons held in prison for some years. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Five Cuban dissidents reject proposed exile |
| Five Cuban dissidents reject proposed exileHavana, July 14 : Five of 52 dissidents that Cuba has agreed to release from prison and send into exile, have refused to go to Spain in line with the deal.As the Ladies in White (Damas de ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Chile opens door to Cubans awaiting prison release |
| Chile opens door to Cubans awaiting prison releaseSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile says it will take in Cuban dissidents released by the communist government.A spokeswoman for Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno says he is trying to help ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuban church identifies 12 more dissidents for release |
| Release of Dissidents Still Leaves Scores in Prison,Raul Castro Government Continues to Criminalize Dissent - Cuba: Release of Dissidents Still Leaves Scores in Prison Raul Castro Government Continues to Criminalize Dissent July 8, ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuban dissident ends hunger strike after prisoner ... |
| when she visited him in a Ciego de Avila prison Thursday and learned. Ortega had just called Pacheco to let him know he would be freed. ``We were surprised '' Garcia said via telephone from Cuba. Her husband ``told me he thanked Ortega, ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Amnistía pide al Gobierno cubano que libere a todos ... |
| Chile opens door to Cubans awaiting prison release - Chile opens door to Cubans awaiting prison release SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile says it will take in Cuban dissidents released by the communist government.... 7 hours ago ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuban nightmare over; Canadian teen kisses ground ... |
| underway and told him he could face up to three years in prison. Late last month, authorities told the teen he would be allowed to leave. Cuba after he posted bail of 2000 pesos — $100 — and signed documents ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba tries armed men tied to US anti-Castro group |
| He said the three men were transferred from a maximum-security prison in. Havana to Santa Clara for their day in court. Island border agents first intercepted the men on the northern coast of. Villa Clara province, of which Santa Clara ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: 52 Cuban political prisoners are free to go |
| The 52 are all part of the 75 dissidents sentenced to prison terms of up to 28 years during a 2003 crackdown on opposition figures known as. Cuba's Black Spring, Márquez reported. The others were previously ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Ontario teen must face Cuban trial for car accident |
| prison. "I don't know how to explain it," said Cody, when reached by phone. Monday at the Gran Club in Santa Lucia. "It's just crazy," he said. "I should have been home so long ago." The ordeal has cost Cody's mother, Danette LeCompte, ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuban prisoner of conscience released, Darsi Ferrer - Amnesty ... |
| ... Prisoner of conscience releasedDarsi Ferrer was released from detention in the Cuban capital, Havana, on 22 June. He had spent almost a year in a maximum security prison after organizing protests critical of the government. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba: a story of horrible prison conditions |
| Cuba: a story of horrible prison conditionsPublished on : 29 June 2010 - 3:54pmBy International Justice Desk (RNW)Cuban dissident Darsi Ferrer has been released from the Havana prison where he been held for almost a year. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Release of Cuban prisoner of conscience is long overdue - Amnesty ... |
| Release of Cuban prisoner of conscience is long overdue24 June 2010The release of a Cuban prisoner of conscience who spent almost a year in pre-trial detention at a maximum security prison after organizing protests critical of the ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| More Cuban political prisoners put their lives on the line |
| BY FRANCES ROBLESfrobles@MiamiHerald.comEgberto Angel Escobedo completed his 17th year in a Cuban prison last Friday, and his 56th day of a hunger strike.He's at a penitentiary called `` |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuban hunger striker, now 110 pounds, hospitalized |
| ... to a Havana hospital Thursday, human rights activists in Miami said.Egberto Escobedo Morales was transferred from a Camagüey prison to the hospital at the Combinado del Este penitentiary in Havana, Directorio Democratico said.Escobedo. |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba frees paraplegic dissident Ariel Sigler |
| prison," he said. His arrest in 2003, along with that of 74 other dissidents, became known among opposition groups as "black spring". The six prisoners being transferred were among those arrested in 2003. One of them is Hector Maceda, ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba group wants parole for 69 'political' inmates |
| opposition activists who were rounded up and sentenced to lengthy prison terms in March 2003 - a crackdown known in human rights circles as the "Black Spring." But while the number of inmates held for political reasons is already at ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| 4-year sentence for living in Havana without permission |
| Posted on Monday, 06.07.104-year sentence for living in Havana without permissionCUBANETHAVANA, Cuba,June 7 (Aini Martín Valero, PD / www.cubanet.org) – Dissident Duartes Miguel Lara Rodríguez has been sentenced to four years in prison ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| In Cuba, Baseball Scout Was A State Threat |
| In Cuba, Baseball Scout Was A State Threatby NPR StaffMay 22, 2010For spiriting players out of Cuba into the major leagues, Juan Ignacio Hernandez Nodar spent 13 years in a Cuban prison. It wasn't until last November that he was set ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuban prisoners 'win concessions' after Church talks |
| Cuban prisoners 'win concessions' after Church talks Page last updated at 16:28 GMT, Sunday, 23 May 2010 17:28 UK Cuba has relaxed the prison regime for political detainees after talks with Roman Catholic leaders, a prominent dissident ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba's world in eclipse |
| ... the government o John Keenan o guardian.co.uk, Thursday 20 May 2010 18.00 BST This week saw the publication of Freedom of Expression in Cuba, a briefing paper for journalists, from the Writers in Prison Committee of English PEN. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Activist: Cuban backer of Ladies in White jailed |
| ... in White jailedBy WILL WEISSERTAssociated Press WriterHAVANA -- An independent Cuban journalist with ties to the Ladies in White dissident group has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for allegedly mistreating her adult daughter, ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Women Who Brave Mobs |
| Castro's goons have taken to surrounding them after the women go to Mass in Havana and march for their loved ones in prison. Now Dania Virgen García is in prison.She didn't have a loved-one in a Cuban jail when she began processing ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Baseball Scout's Ordeal: 13 Years in Cuban Prison |
| Baseball Scout's Ordeal: 13 Years in Cuban PrisonBy CHRISTOPHER RHOADSBOCA CHICA, Dominican Republic—Juan Ignacio Hernández Nodar flew to Havana, Cuba, in August 1996 with hopes of making the biggest score yet in the shadowy trade of ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| No more `Open hand' -- Obama must get tough with Castros |
| Posted on Wednesday, 04.14.10No more `Open hand' -- Obama must get tough with CastrosBY FRANK CALZONfrankcalzon@cubacenter.orgPresident Barack Obama is coming to Miami, and American Alan Gross remains in prison in Cuba. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| US says Cuba is responsible for hunger strikers |
| US says Cuba is responsible for hunger strikers(AFP)WASHINGTON — The United States said Monday that Cuba had a responsibility to improve prison conditions, rejecting President Raul Castro's characterization of hunger strikes as US and ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| 5.6 magnitude quake strikes Cuba |
| The quake was centered 27 miles southwest of Guantanamo and had a depth of 14 miles, the USGS said.The United States has a naval base at Guantanamo Bay that includes a prison housing 188 detainees. There was no immediate word on. |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| World Opinion Joins to Mourn, and Save, the Lives of Cuba's Hunger ... |
| ... years ago this week, as the world was distracted by the start of the war of in Iraq, the Cuban regime rounded up 75 journalists and other democracy advocates, and subsequently sentenced them to decades-long prison terms. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| US slams human rights abuses in Venezuela and Cuba |
| ... US State Department criticizes restrictions on freedoms in Venezuela* IACHR regrets deaths in prison and urges Venezuela to stop violence in jails* Venezuela rejects politicization of US report on human rightsWestern HemisphereThe. |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba's Healthcare Horror |
| A very large number of our citizens are incarcerated in prison, and there is little doubt that the death penalty is imposed most harshly on those who are poor, black, or mentally ill. For more than a quarter century, we have struggled ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Canadian teen stuck in Cuba hits another roadblock |
| found guilty, LeCompte has been told he could face time in a Cuban prison. http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/article/843136--canadian-teen-stuck-in-cuba-hits-another-roadblock?bn=1. Posted by Cuba Verdad at 8/03/2010 ... |
| 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 |
| Media group urges Cuba to free jailed journalists |
| ... media watchdog group called on Cuba to release jailed independent journalists — or at least improve their prison conditions — and said Thursday it would hold the government responsible for the health of an opposition reporter staging a. |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuban dissident died because nobody listened, laments Paya |
| ... ofthe Christian Liberation Movement, Oswaldo Paya, said this weekend thatthe death of Cuban dissident Orlando Zapata was due to the lazy reactionof the political world to warnings of his arrest and the abuse hereceived in prison. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba's deadly justice |
| Cuba's deadly justiceOrlando Zapata Tamayo died in prison, one of scores of politicalprisoners who are routinely mistreated in the country's jails.March 1, 2010Bricklayer Orlando Zapata Tamayo didn't commit murder. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| 11 Cuban political prisoners have died in hunger strikes |
| Cuban political prisoners who have died in hunger strikes (1959-present)11 Cuban political prisoners have died in hunger strikesBy Cuba Archive Saturday, February 27, 2010Fidel Castro served only 18 months of a 15-year prison sentence ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba dismisses hunger strike criticism |
| Cuba has dismissed all criticism about the death of dissident OrlandoZapata, who died last Tuesday in a Havana prison after an 85-day hungerstrike. The country's communist party newspaper said Mr Zapata wasencouraged to begin his ... |
| 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 |
| Canada calls on Cuba to release political prisoners |
| Canada calls on Cuba to release political prisonersAFPThu Feb 25, 10:39 am ETOTTAWA (AFP) – Canada pressed the Cuban government on Thursday torelease all political prisoners and show tolerance for opposing views,following the prison ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba arrests curb dissident fury over starvation death |
| ... the death by self-starvation of Orlando Zapata, which hasdrawn international condemnation. Mr Zapata, an Amnesty Internationalprisoner of conscience in jail since 2003, died on Tuesday after an85-day hunger strike protesting prison. |
| 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 |
| Death of Cuban prisoner of conscience on hunger strike must herald ... |
| ... and unconditionally release all prisoners of conscienceafter a political activist died following a hunger strike.Orlando Zapata Tamayo was reported to have been on hunger strike inprotest at prison conditions for several weeks before. |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Jailed activist starves to death in Cuba |
| 24 (UPI) -- A 42-year-old activist starved to deathin a prison in Cuba's Camaguey Province after spending 83 days on ahunger strike, his mother says.Reina Luisa Tamayo said her son, Orlando Zapata Tamayo, began hisprotest Dec. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba launches crackdown after hunger striker's death |
| Cuba launches crackdown after hunger striker's deathCuban security agents have detained dissidents across the country to prevent protests at the funeral of a leading dissident who died on a prison hunger strike. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuban prison hunger striker Orlando Zapata Tamayo dies |
| Cuban prison hunger striker Orlando Zapata Tamayo diesMr Zapata (second left) was arrested in 2003 with more than 70 othersCuban political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo has died in hospital after 85 days on hunger strike. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuban dissident Orlando Zapata dies after 85 days on hunger strike |
| A spokesman for Havana's Hermanos Ameijeiras hospital, where the 42-year-old political prisoner was transferred from a smaller clinic near his prison in the eastern province of Camaguey earier this week, |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Pastors under fire in Cuba |
| Religion NewsPastors under fire in Cubaby StaffFebruary 17, 2010(christiansunite.com) - Pastor Omar Gude Perez, a Cuban pastor who was sentenced to six years in prison on false accusations of illicit economic activity, falsification of ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Reporters Without Borders correspondent turns 60 in priso |
| ... Without Borders Cuba correspondent, Ricardo González Alfonso is today "celebrating" his 60th birthday in jail. Sentenced to 20 years in prison just for doing his job, González has had to endure the harassment and mistreatment that is. |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: NIEGAN EL PERMISO PARA REPARAR SU CASA A FAMILIAR DE ... |
| Cuba a prison masquerading as a nation - Cuba a prison masquerading as a nation By Ian Robinson Last Updated: August 2, 2010 2:00am Hmm. Looking for a vacation spot. Gotta have sun and sand and be... 6 minutes ago ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cody can go home, Cuba finally says |
| Cuban prison for up to three years, even though he maintains it wasn't his fault and he was never charged with anything. "I'm very, very relieved," Danette said. "It's unbelievable, after all this time, to think tomorrow could finally ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Pastor Remains Behind Bars After Losing Appeal Right |
| BosHAVANA, 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 by the ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Imprisoned pastor's appeal for freedom is denied |
| CubaImprisoned pastor's appeal for freedom is deniedSaturday, 30 January 2010, 11:41 (EST)A Cuban Evangelical Pastor has been denied the right to appeal his six-year prison sentence by the Supreme Tribunal in Havana. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Che Guevara Exposed: The Killer on the Lefties' T-Shirts |
| Cuba's streets and parks by secret police and dumped in prison camps with "Work Will Make Men Out of You" emblazoned in bold letters above the gate and with machine gunners posted on the watchtowers. The ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuban prisons torture, former inmates claim |
| By JUAN O. TAMAYOjtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.comInmates in a high-security prison in eastern Cuba are alleging that guards punish infractions with beatings and handcuffings in excruciatingly painful positions known as ``the rocker' |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cubans get reduced sentences for spying in US |
| Posted on Tuesday, 12.08.09Cubans get reduced sentences for spying in USBy CURT ANDERSONAP Legal Affairs WriterMIAMI -- Two former Cuban intelligence officers convicted of spying in the US were handed reduced prison sentences Tuesday ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuban spies to get reduced prison sentences |
| Posted on Tuesday, 12.08.09Cuban spies to get reduced prison sentencesBy CURT ANDERSONAP Legal Affairs WriterMIAMI -- Two convicted Cuban spies are back in a Miami courtroom to get reduced prison time after their original sentences were ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| American spying for Cuba gets life in federal prison, wife gets six |
| American spying for Cuba gets life in federal prison, wife gets sixNovember 24, 1:09 AMFBI ExaminerVirginia McCabeA former State Department official and his wife have pleaded guilty tofederal charges for spying for the government of ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Couple plead guilty to Cuba spying, will go to prison |
| Posted on Friday, 11.20.09Couple plead guilty to Cuba spying, will go to prisonBy LESLEY CLARKMcClatchy NewspapersWASHINGTON -- A retired State Department employee will spend life in prison without parole after he and his wife pleaded ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba needs change, not US tourists |
| CárdenasThe debate over US policy towards Cuba heats up this week as the HouseForeign Affairs Committee (HFAC) holds a hearing Thursday on whether tolift the US travel ban against Fidel Castro's island-prison. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| List of the 53 Political Prisoners Arrested in the 2003 Crackdown ... |
| Appendix 1: List of the 53 Political Prisoners Arrested in the 2003 Crackdown Who Remain in Prison under Raúl CastroName Sentence1. Alexis Rodríguez Fernández 15 years2. Alfredo Felipe Fuentes 26 years3. Alfredo Manuel Pulido López 14 ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Raúl Castro Imprisons Critics, Crushes Dissent - HRW |
| ... Raúl Castro has been just as brutal as his brother. Cubans who dare to criticize the government live in perpetual fear, knowing they could wind up in prison for merely expressing their views."José Miguel Vivanco, Americas director. |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Two Czechs given eight months for breach of peace in Cuba |
| Two Czechs given eight months for breach of peace in CubaHavana - Two Czechs, who were arrested by Cuban authorities at the airport in Havana in March, were sentenced to eight months in prison for breach of the peace and offering ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| 2 smugglers sentenced for deadly trip in November 2007 |
| ... smugglers sentenced for deadly trip in November 2007A boat captain and crew member convicted in a migrant-smuggling conspiracy that led to the drowning death of a passenger near Palm Beach were sentenced on Friday to federal prison. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Freed Cuban calls for release of political prisoners |
| Freed Cuban calls for release of political prisonersWed Oct 21, 2009 5:59pm EDTBy Jeff FranksHAVANA (Reuters) - A day after his surprise release from prison, Cuban dissident Nelson Aguiar urged the government on Wednesday to free all ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| DECLARATION OF THE CWG OF THE ISHR |
| ... ISHR, has to denounce once more the situation faced by Dr. Darsi Ferrer Ramírez, a member of our Group.As it is known, since July 21 past this outstanding physician has been in the Prison of Valle Grande, in Havana city. Cuban. |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuban spy seeks reduced 20-year sentence |
| Posted on Tuesday, 10.13.09Cuban spy seeks reduced 20-year sentenceBy CURT ANDERSONAP Legal Affairs WriterMIAMI -- A federal judge in Miami is weighing whether to approve a reduced 20-year prison sentence for a convicted Cuban spy. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Deal gives man accused in Cuban Five spy case reduced sentence |
| Posted on Saturday, 10.10.09CUBAN FIVE CASEDeal gives man accused in Cuban Five spy case reduced sentenceOne of the so-called Cuban Five convicted in 2001 of spying will get a 20-year prison sentence under a deal between the US and his ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Judge blocks US disclosures in Cuban 5 spy case |
| ... A federal judge on Friday halted a US search for national security damage assessments that had been ordered by another judge in the politically charged case of three convicted Cuban spies who are seeking lenient prison sentences. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Imprisoned dissident says his trial was unfair |
| 1 (Luís Cino, www.cubanet.org) -Joel Lázaro Carbonell, president of the dissident Free Cubans organization, said from his prison cell that he was given a one-year sentence at a trial that ignored his rights."Once more injustice triumphs ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| US resists disclosures in Cuban spy case |
| ... The US is resisting a judge's order that could force disclosure of classified documents and other material sought by three men who are seeking reduced prison sentences for their 2001 convictions in a politically charged spying case. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Independent journalist released after two weeks |
| ... www.cubanet.org) Ileana Pérez Nápoles , www.cubanet.org) Independent journalist Yosvani Anzardo Hernández, director of the Candonga agency, has been freed after two weeksconfinement in the Pedernales prison in Holguín province. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuban Man Sentenced to Prison For Demanding Food Before TV Cameras ... |
| Cuban Man Sentenced to Prison For Demanding Food Before TV Cameras releasedhavana – The Cuban government on Thursday released Juan Carlos Gonzalez Marcos, alias "Panfilo," from prison after he was sentenced to two years behind bars for ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuban freed after being sentenced over youtube video |
| Cuban freed after being sentenced over youtube video18 September 2009 4:13 by James "Dela" delahuntycuban freed after being sentenced over youtube video A Cuban man has been freed after being sentenced to two years in prison for posting ... |