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| 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 07:27 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 [...] |
| 11/02/2011 09:41 PM |
| Prominent Cuban dissident detained |
| Prominent Cuban dissident detainedPublished November 02, 2011EFE Havana – Cuban government opponent Guillermo Fariñas was detained in the central city of Santa Clara while trying to visit a hunger-striking dissident at a hospital, his family and pro-democracy activists said. "Guillermo went to pay a visit to Alcides (Rivera) at the hospital and they don't want [...] |
| 10/25/2011 05:52 AM |
| Being a Dissident / Luis Felipe Rojas |
| Being a Dissident / Luis Felipe RojasLuis Felipe Rojas, Translator: Raul G. Policemen and dissidents in the pilgrimage for the Virgin of Charity, Central Havana, September 8, 2011 Let's suppose that there exists a country where the people could affiliate themselves to the political party which reflects their own ideals, where the government — of [...] |
| 09/15/2011 10:32 AM |
| Dissidents arrested in Cuba – Urgent Appeal |
| Document – Cuba: Dissidents arrested in Cuba UA: 265/11 Index: AMR 25/005/2011 Cuba Date: 1 September 2011 URGENT ACTION DISSIDENTS ARRESTED IN CUBA Eleven members of a dissident organization and three of their relatives have been detained , without be ing told of any charge s against them , since their arrest on 28 August [...] |
| 09/06/2011 01:18 PM |
| Cuba: Further information: Women denied right to protest – Amnesty International |
| "Document – Cuba: Further information: Women denied right to protest Further information on UA: 256/11 Index: AMR 25/004/2011 Cuba Date: 1 September 2011 URGENT ACTION WOMEN DENIED RIGHT TO PROTEST A group of female relatives of prisoners of conscience in Cuba and their supporters were again prevented from organizing a peaceful protest on 28 August [...] |
| 08/16/2011 03:59 PM |
| Ladies in White are brutally attacked once more |
| Threatened with German shepherd dogs during their detention Ladies in White are brutally attacked once more – News on the Net Monday, August 15, 2011 This is the fourth Sunday in Eastern Cuba since July 24, 2011, that numerous "Ladies in White" accompanied by female supporters in white attire are arrested after suffering violent physical [...] |
| 07/30/2011 08:38 PM |
| The awakening of Cuba’s resistance movement |
| Posted on Saturday, 07.30.11CUBA The awakening of Cuba's resistance movementBY OTTO J. REICH ANDinfo@directorio.org In Guantánamo, Cuba, an important eastern city near the eponymous Naval Base, the streets recently reverberated with shouts of "Down with Fidel! Down with Raúl!" and "The streets belong to the people!" as dozens marched in open defiance of the iron-fisted [...] |
| 07/13/2011 12:27 PM |
| Mother of late Cuban dissident asks US to "double" the embargo |
| Mother of late Cuban dissident asks US to "double" the embargoJul 13, 2011, 0:55 GMT Washington – Reina Luisa Tamayo, mother of a Cuban dissident who died last year on hunger strike, called Tuesday on the US Congress to strengthen policies against the communist government of Cuban President Raul Castro. 'The embargo can never be [...] |
| 07/13/2011 12:23 PM |
| Mother of late Cuban dissident talks to lawmakers |
| Posted on Tuesday, 07.12.11 Mother of late Cuban dissident talks to lawmakers Reina Luisa Tamayo met with members of Congress who heard her tell the story of her son — a Cuban dissident who died earlier this year following a long hunger strike against the communist regime.By James RosenMcClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — The mother of [...] |
| 04/22/2011 06:31 PM |
| Reasons for an Injustice / Miriam Celaya |
| Reasons for an Injustice / Miriam CelayaMiriam Celaya, Translator: Unstated As if the proverbial mediocrity of the usual television programming weren't enough, in recent weeks there is a new series, incredibly badly made and edited even worse, that has been presented on the screen. "Cuba's Reasons," is the title of this latest garbage, which clearly [...] |
| 04/20/2011 07:14 PM |
| Will More Political Prisoners Be Released? |
| Cuba: Will More Political Prisoners Be Released?Church Says There Is Still More to Do HAVANA, Cuba, APRIL 19, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Cuban President Raúl Castro is stating that the process of releasing "prisoners of conscience" has ended, though the archbishopric of Havana noted that there is still work to be done. On April 8, 37 former [...] |
| 04/11/2011 07:22 PM |
| Banished Cuban prisoner of conscience exposes continued oppression in Spain |
| Banished Cuban prisoner of conscience exposes continued oppression in Spain By Alberto de la Cruz on 04/11/2011 – 4:56 am PDT — Headlines Nestor Rodriguez Lobaina, a Cuban prisoner of conscience who was banished from the island by the Castro regime and forcibly exiled to Spain with the help of that government, is exposing the [...] |
| 04/07/2011 08:43 PM |
| Jimmy Carter’s "Ignominious Report" |
| Jimmy Carter's "Ignominious Report"By Alberto de la Cruz on 04/07/2011 – 8:59 am PDT Pedazos de la Isla has the thoughts of former Cuban prisoner of conscience Normando Hernandez regarding Jimmy Carter's trip to Cuba.by Normando Hernandez, ex-prisoner of conscience Outrageous. Offensive to the intelligence, value, and sacrifices of those who honorably oppose the tyrannical [...] |
| 03/26/2011 12:17 AM |
| Last of released Cuban ‘Group of 75’ prisoners pledge to continue political rights campaign |
| Thursday, March 24th 2011 – 18:16 UTC Last of released Cuban 'Group of 75' prisoners pledge to continue political rights campaign Cuba's last prisoners from among the "Group of 75" dissidents rounded up and jailed by the Castro brothers' regime in March 2003 were freed Wednesday. The release of Felix Navarro and Jose Daniel Ferrer [...] |
| 03/22/2011 08:57 PM |
| 11 Cuban political prisoners to be freed |
| 11 Cuban political prisoners to be freedPublished March 22, 2011EFE Havana – Cuba's Catholic Church announced Tuesday the coming release and exile to Spain of 11 political prisoners, including Nestor Rodriguez Lobaina, president and co-founder of the Cuban Youth Movement for Democracy. None of the 11 set to be released is part of the "Group [...] |
| 03/22/2011 08:56 PM |
| Church: Cuba to release last dissidents from ’03 |
| Posted on Tuesday, 03.22.11 Church: Cuba to release last dissidents from '03By PAUL HAVENAssociated Press HAVANA — The Roman Catholic Church said Tuesday that the Cuban government will release the last two political prisoners held since a 2003 crackdown on dissent, a landmark announcement that came the same day Fidel Castro said he had stepped [...] |
| 03/16/2011 05:36 PM |
| Harassment, intimidation and arrest of dissidents continues |
| Cuba: Harassment, intimidation and arrest of dissidents continuesPosted: 16 March 2011 Authorities in Cuba are continuing to stifle freedom of expression in spite of the much-publicised recent wave of releases of prominent dissidents, reported Amnesty International today on the eighth anniversary of a crackdown on activists. Hundreds of pro-democracy activists have suffered harassment, intimidation and [...] |
| 03/14/2011 07:45 PM |
| HRF demands amnesty for Oscar Elías Biscet and all paroled prisoners of conscience |
| Cuba's Black Spring:HRF demands amnesty for Oscar Elías Biscet and all paroled prisoners of conscience; After his release, Biscet tells HRF he's in a bigger prison now NEW YORK (March 14, 2011) – Following the release of prisoner of conscience Oscar Elías Biscet from prison, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) demands amnesty for him and [...] |
| 03/12/2011 12:06 AM |
| Amnesty International Urges Cuba to Release,Prisoner of Conscience on Hunger Strike |
| Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate Release:Friday, March 11, 2011 Amnesty International Urges Cuba to ReleasePrisoner of Conscience on Hunger Strike Contact: Wende Gozan Brown, wgozan@aiusa.org, 212-633-4247 (London) – Amnesty International today called on Cuban authorities to release an activist on hunger strike who was detained for his human rights work three months ago and faces [...] |
| 02/23/2011 07:45 PM |
| ANNIVERSARY OF PRISONER´S DEATH HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUED ABUSES IN CUBA |
| ANNIVERSARY OF PRISONER´S DEATH HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUED ABUSES IN CUBA23-02-2011.Freedom House(www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- Washington – February 23, 2011 – It is with great sadness that Freedom House marks the one-year anniversary of Cuban poli... |
| 02/21/2011 11:52 PM |
| Cuba braces as dissidents remember a martyr |
| Posted on Sunday, 02.20.11 Cuba braces as dissidents remember a martyrCastro critics will commemorate the 1-year anniversary of the death of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, who was a political prisoner.BY JUAN O. TAMAYOjtamayo@ElNuevoHereald.com Orlando Zapata Tamayo was one of Cuba's least-known political prisoners, a 42-year-old Afro-Cuban plumber and bricklayer from the remote eastern town of Banes. [...] |
| 02/07/2011 02:46 PM |
| Will Cuba be the next Egypt? |
| Wall Street Journal:Will Cuba be the next Egypt?6. February 2011 22:38Feb. 7 – Article by Mary Anastasia O'Grady on Monday's Wall Street Journal. The most striking difference between the two countries is Internet access. Developments in Egypt over the last two weeks brought Cuba to my mind. Why does a similar rebellion against five decades [...] |
| 11/25/2010 08:48 PM |
| Premature thanks in Cuba |
| Premature thanks in CubaThe myth of Raul the ReformerBy Daniel AllottThe Washington Times4:21 p.m., Wednesday, November 24, 2010 It has been more than four years since Raul Castro assumed the duties of the presidency of Cuba and more than 2 1/2 years since he officially took over for his older brother, Fidel. In that time, [...] |
| 11/08/2010 04:21 PM |
| Release of 11 draws parallels to Mariel |
| Posted on Monday, 11.08.10Release of 11 draws parallels to MarielThe 11 prisoners that Cuba has freed beyond the 52 dissidents has aroused concerns that Raúl Castro may be trying to tarnish the image of `true political prisoners.'BY JUAN O. TAMAYOjtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com They are an odd bunch, the 11 prisoners that Cuba has freed or said it [...] |
| 10/15/2010 11:40 AM |
| Cuban Government Offers Dissidents Exit Visas |
| Cuban Government Offers Dissidents Exit Visas HAVANA – Several former political prisoners and the family of a dissident who died behind bars earlier this year are being given the opportunity to leave Cuba, members of the internal opposition said Thursday. The Catholic Archdiocese of Havana conveyed the government's offer to Reina Luisa Tamayo, mother of [...] |
| 10/10/2010 05:29 PM |
| Cuba to free 3 prisoners not in church deal of 52 |
| Posted on Saturday, 10.09.10Cuba to free 3 prisoners not in church deal of 52By WILL WEISSERTAssociated Press Writer HAVANA — Cuba will release into exile in Spain a lawyer jailed for allegedly revealing state security secrets and two hijackers, none of whom were on a list of 52 political prisoners the government has agreed to [...] |
| 09/28/2010 03:50 PM |
| Church announces release of 3 Cuba prisoners |
| Posted on Monday, 09.27.10Church announces release of 3 Cuba prisonersBy PAUL HAVENAssociated Press Writer HAVANA — The Roman Catholic Church on Monday announced the names of three more Cuban political prisoners who will be released from jail, as the government rapidly makes good on a promise to free some 52 dissidents arrested in a 2003 [...] |
| 09/05/2010 02:53 PM |
| Resistance to the regime is here to stay |
| Posted on Sunday, 09.05.10Resistance to the regime is here to stayBY ORLANDO GUTIERREZ-BORONATinfo@directorio.org So Fidel Castro went back to college. Or, more precisely, to the iconic front steps of the University of Havana, where the hemisphere's longest ruling dictator delivered his first public speech after a four-year hiatus from mass rallies and other public events [...] |
| 08/23/2010 05:35 PM |
| Documentary depicts Cuban prisoners’ living conditions |
| Posted on Monday, 08.23.10Documentary depicts Cuban prisoners' living conditionsBY DANIEL SHOER ROTHdshoer@ElNuevoHerald.com Oscar's Cuba, a documentary film about Cuban activist Oscar Elías Biscet – a prisoner of conscience serving a 25-year sentence — was shown Sunday in Little Havana after a tour that took it to audiences in Los Angeles, Madrid and Paris. Its executive [...] |
| 08/19/2010 12:57 PM |
| Non! Not good enough, Mr Castro! |
| "Non! Not good enough, Mr Castro!"18 August 2010 at 15:01 by Yule E As a wee young thing my mum used to send me to ballet lessons. A bittersweet pill I recall because while I disliked immensely ballet, I used to love the tap dance and jazz dance classes which followed. One of the reasons [...] |
| 08/19/2010 12:51 PM |
| Regime’s rigidity |
| Posted on Thursday, 08.19.10Regime's rigidity OUR OPINION: Cuba's “softening'' all offensive and no charm Cuba's attempt to put a kinder, gentler face on the Castro brothers' hard-line government is beginning to look more and more like a flop. The regime would have the world believe that it has a generous side, allowing some 26 political [...] |
| 08/18/2010 12:48 PM |
| Campaign against mother of dead hunger striker must end – Amnesty International |
| Cuba: Campaign against mother of dead hunger striker must end17 August 2010AI Index: PRE01/284/2010 The Cuban authorities must act to end the harassment of the mother of a prisoner of conscience who died following a hunger strike to push for the release of other prisoners, Amnesty International said today. Reina Luisa Tamayo, whose son Orlando [...] |
| 08/18/2010 11:36 AM |
| Mother of dead Cuban prisoner of conscience prevented from attending church |
| Mother of dead Cuban prisoner of conscience prevented from attending church17/08/2010 Christian Solidarity Worldwide is calling 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. [...] |
| 08/13/2010 12:26 AM |
| Mother harassed for marching for dead son: Reina Luisa Tamayo – Amnesty International Urgent Action |
| Cuba: Mother harassed for marching for dead son: Reina Luisa Tamayo UA: 174/10 Index: AMR 25/012/2010 Cuba Date: 11 August 2010 URGENT ACTION MOTHER HARASSED FOR MARCHING FOR DEAD SON The mother of a Cuban prisoner of conscience who died after hunger striking has been repeatedly harassed and intimidated in an attempt to stop her [...] |
| 08/06/2010 08:51 PM |
| Cuba group wants parole for 69 ‘political’ inmates |
| Posted on Thursday, 08.05.10Cuba group wants parole for 69 'political' inmatesBy WILL WEISSERTAssociated Press Writer HAVANA — Cuba's leading domestic human rights group called on the government Thursday to release 69 inmates it says are being held for political reasons, arguing that they should be eligible for parole after serving at least half their sentences. [...] |
| 07/28/2010 12:20 AM |
| Freed Cuban dissidents press for change |
| Freed Cuban dissidents press for changeGuillermo I. Martinez ColumnistJuly 22, 2010 The release of Cuban political prisoners in small dribs and drabs was supposed to ease the pressure on Cuba's repressive regime and halt the barrage of negative publicity. It hasn't worked. The negative publicity continues. It is not hard to understand why the attempt [...] |
| 07/24/2010 12:36 PM |
| Number of political prisoners in Cuba still murky |
| Posted on Friday, 07.23.10Number of political prisoners in Cuba still murkyBy PAUL HAVENAssociated Press Writer HAVANA — If Cuba releases 52 prisoners of conscience as promised, it will still hold more than 100 people listed as political prisoners by the island's leading human rights group. But a closer look will find bombers, hijackers and fallen [...] |
| 07/22/2010 09:40 PM |
| Dressing Cuban Political Prisoners |
| Dressing Cuban Political Prisoners Anthony DePalmaAuthor of City of Dust (FT Press), Reporter, Writer-in-Residence at Seton Hall UniversityPosted: July 22, 2010 01:17 PM Before they were flown from Havana to Madrid last week, seven Cuban prisoners of conscience were taken from their stinking cells to a hospital where for three days they were screened, bathed [...] |
| 07/22/2010 09:27 PM |
| 3 new Cuban dissidents arrive in Spain |
| Posted on Thursday, 07.22.103 new Cuban dissidents arrive in SpainBy JORGE SAINZAssociated Press Writer MADRID — Three more Cuban political prisoners arrived in Spain on Thursday as part of Cuba's pledge to free 52 dissidents jailed since 2003. The arrival brought to 15 the number of released Cuban inmates taken in by Spain in the [...] |
| 07/21/2010 11:29 AM |
| Out of Prison, Still Not Free |
| Op-Ed Contributor Out of Prison, Still Not FreeBy RICARDO GONZÁLEZ ALFONSOPublished: July 16, 2010Madrid I 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; it's what I felt when I was released from jail in Cuba and exiled to Spain [...] |
| 07/16/2010 07:32 PM |
| Cuban prisoners say they shared cells with rats |
| Posted on Thursday, 07.15.10Cuban prisoners say they shared cells with ratsBy CIARAN GILESAssociated Press Writer MADRID — Rats and diseases infested Cuban prison cells so badly that some inmates tried to kill themselves and other did themselves harm, according to freed political prisoners who spoke Thursday in Spain. Those who spoke were among 11 political [...] |
| 07/11/2010 12:22 AM |
| Progress, though not enough, in Cuba |
| Progress, though not enough, in Cuba As Guillermo Farinas' hunger strike ends with the release of 52 dissidents, questions remain on why President Raul Castro isn't doing more to advance human rights.July 10, 2010 At least one life saved. Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas ended a hunger strike following the announcement that 52 political prisoners would [...] |
| 07/02/2010 01:20 PM |
| In U.S., battle brews over Cuba travel ban |
| In U.S., battle brews over Cuba travel banBy Mary Murray, NBC News Producer HAVANA – Don't start packing those suitcases to Cuba just yet. Although a congressional committee voted Wednesday to repeal the law that prohibits American tourists from traveling to the communist-run island, the real fight to change the decades-old ban – which will [...] |
| 07/02/2010 01:08 PM |
| Amnesty blasts Cuba’s rights record |
| Amnesty blasts Cuba's rights record A report from human rights group Amnesty International has accused Cuba of instituting "a climate of fear that stifles and criminalises dissent" against the island's communist government. According to the report, which was released on Wednesday, Cuban laws are so vague and arbitrary that any act of dissent can be [...] |
| 06/30/2010 09:22 PM |
| Amnesty report slams Cuba |
| Amnesty report slams CubaView as one page3:06 PM Wednesday Jun 30, 2010 Cuba uses repressive laws, a well-oiled state security apparatus and complicit courts to stifle political dissent as it harasses, spies on and imprisons those who openly oppose its communist system, Amnesty International said in a report released today. The 35-page analysis said restrictions [...] |
| 06/30/2010 09:17 PM |
| Amnesty: Cuba courts complicit in stifling dissent |
| Posted on Wednesday, 06.30.10 Amnesty: Cuba courts complicit in stifling dissentBy WILL WEISSERTAssociated Press Writer HAVANA — Cuba uses repressive laws, a well-oiled state security apparatus and complicit courts to stifle political dissent as it harasses, spies on and imprisons those who openly oppose its communist system, Amnesty International said in a report released Wednesday. [...] |
| 06/29/2010 07:25 PM |
| Cuban prisoner of conscience released, Darsi Ferrer – Amnesty International |
| Cuba: Cuban prisoner of conscience released, Darsi Ferrer Further information on UA: 134/10 Index: AMR 25/010/2010 Date: 25 June 2010 CUBAN Prisoner of conscience released Darsi 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 [...] |
| 06/29/2010 06:34 PM |
| Cuba: a story of horrible prison conditions |
| Cuba: a story of horrible prison conditionsPublished on : 29 June 2010 – 3:54pm | By International Justice Desk (RNW) Cuban dissident Darsi Ferrer has been released from the Havana prison where he been held for almost a year. Cuban authorities conditionally released Ferrer after a visit from Vatican Foreign Minister Dominque Mamberti last week. [...] |
| 06/28/2010 05:42 PM |
| A SURVIVOR’S STORY. THE STORY OF CUBAN TORTURE SURVIVOR AMADO RODRÍGUEZ |
| A SURVIVOR'S STORY. THE STORY OF CUBAN TORTURE SURVIVOR AMADO RODRÍGUEZ28-06-2010. (www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- Miami Dade College – Freedom Tower, Junio 25 de 2010.- Amado Rodriguez was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba in 1943. At 13, he joined the 26th of July Movement against the Batista regime and was later sent into exile to save his [...] |