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| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: UN torture expert hopes to visit Cuba this summer |
| UN torture expert hopes to visit Cuba this summer. Associated Press 2010-03-10 11:12 PM. Manfred Nowak says he is negotiating dates with the Communist government. Cuba's foreign minister said last week that it wanted ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba takes tough stance on hunger striker Guillermo ... |
| regularly at the prisons and torture centers in Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib and Bagram.'' ``Doctors can only act when the patient has gone into shock, a stage at which this is usually too late . . . what is called the point of no ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Most deaths largely ignored |
| hard labor, torture, beatings, malnourishment, denial of medical care, abuses of all kinds, and even killings at the hands of guards. Punishment cells are particularly horrifying. Hundreds of political prisoners at a time have resorted ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuban dissident hunger striker rushed to hospital ... |
| repression or torture in Cuba. Raul Castro said last week in a rare official statement that bordered on an apology that he "regrets" Zapata's death, but denied all charges of repression. Zapata's mother has charged that her son was ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba won't say if UN can investigate its prisons |
| The Cuban foreign minister won't say if a U.N. torture investigator can examine Cuba's prisons, despite an international outcry over a jailed dissident's death. Bruno Rodriguez says Cuba has invited the U.N. official but wants to ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: A Cuban dissident is murdered while Latin leaders ... |
| His continuing imprisonment and torture are well documented. It is not known whether Mr. Calderón, who also describes himself as a Catholic, discussed Mr. Biscet's plight with his guest Raúl. The Americas in the News ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba's other face |
| mistreated and to attack the U.S. The only torture taking place on the island, Mr. Castro said, is at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, where terror suspects are held. It is clear that he does not intend to heed the ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba's deadly justice |
| darkness, others with permanent bright lights -- and provided rotting, inadequate food at irregular intervals. That sounds like torture to us. And although Zapata may not have faced an executioner, he is dead for dissenting. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Political Prisoners Still Languish In Cuba |
| Special Rapporteur on Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Prisoners to visit Cuban jails. We also urge Cuba to release all of its prisoners of conscience immediately and unconditionally. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: 11 Cuban political prisoners have died in hunger strikes |
| subjected to torture, beatings, many abuses, and the extension of his sentence. He went on numerous hunger strikes with several fellow prisoners to protest executions and inhumane prison conditions and to ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGTHS ... |
| subjected to torture and inhumane treatment in the Kilo 8 prison. Meanwhile, the IACHR also received information that, following the death of Mr. Zapata Tamayo, at least 50 dissidents reportedly were detained or ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Dissident's Death Ignites Protest Actions in Cuba |
| Castro added that the only torture being carried out in Cuba was that performed by the American military at the base in Guantánamo Bay, where detainees have conducted hunger strikes as well. "The day the United ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba dissidents: Dead hunger striker not forgotten |
| saying the only torture taking place on the island is at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, where terror suspects are held. Cuba dismisses dissidents like Zapata Tamayo as paid U.S. agents out to topple the government. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Is the Castro-friendly Cuba policy working? |
| "Deplorable prison conditions, torture, and lack of medical attention" explained Mr. Zapata's death, said Freedom House, which in 2009 designated Cuba one of the "worst of the worst." Yet the stroking of the Castro brothers goes on. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: 4 Cuban inmates, 1 activist declare hunger strikes |
| prisoner was mistreated and said the only torture taking place on the island is at the U.S. military prison for terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Also Friday, Amnesty International added a 55th name to the list of ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Walesa pide a los Nobel de la Paz iniciar 'acciones ... |
| años, una película británica, Torture: America's Brutal Prisons (Tortura: Las prisiones brutales de Estados Unidos), incluye horrorosas escenas de cámaras de vigilancia en Florida, Texas, Arizona y ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba redefines torture |
| Posted on Thursday, 02.25.10. ORLANDO ZAPATA TAMAYO Cuba redefines torture. BY MIRIAM LEIVA leivachepe@gmail.com. HAVANA -- Orlando Zapata Tamayo died on Feb. 23 as a result of a hunger strike he maintained for more than 80 days to ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba imposes "state of siege" for dissident's funeral |
| United States and insisted that the only place in Cuba where torture occurs is the detention center for terror suspects at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay. "There are no torture victims, there have been no torture victims, there ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Castro 'laments' dissident's death |
| "There are no torture victims, there have not been any torture victims nor have there been any executions," the ministry quoted Castro as saying during a joint appearance with Brazilian President Luiz Igancio ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Rights group criticizes Cuba in prisoner's death |
| using techniques that are widely considered to be torture while interrogating them. The U.S. State Department said in a statement it was "deeply saddened" by the death and called on Cuba to free its political prisoners. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuban Democratic Directorate Condemns Murder of ... |
| "The abuses committed against Orlando Zapata Tamayo prove that torture and terror are inflicted upon the Cuban people are official policy under the Castro regime. His death is evidence of the practice of state ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Orlando Zapata Tamayo dies |
| The effect of this act of torture was to induce kidney failure. In mid-January, he was transferred to Amalia Simoni Hospital in the city of Camagüey, where he was left to languish nearly completely nude under ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: A Cuban Political Prisoner Nears Death, Is the World ... |
| Why has he been subjected to such torture? Why should his punishment be so long? Zapata Tamayo is a black Cuban and a front-line opponent of the Castro dictatorship -- clear enough reasons for him to be punished. He is a ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Che Guevara Exposed: The Killer on the Lefties' T-Shirts |
| on their shirts adorns Cuba's headquarters and torture chambers for its. KGB-trained secret police. Nothing could be more fitting. Ignorance, of course, accounts for much Che idolatry. But so does mendacity and wishful thinking, ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuban prisons torture, former inmates claim |
| Posted on Monday, 12.21.09Cuban prisons torture, former inmates claimTwo former prisoners say they were tortured while incarcerated, but Cuban officials deny the allegations.By JUAN O. TAMAYOjtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.comInmates in a ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Open Letter from Jorge Luis Garcia Perez, "Antunez ... |
| evidence the torture that her brother received in a Cuban prison, or is it that for you there are only five families that exist in our country that have the right to protest and demand justice for their jailed relatives? ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cubans tell of capture and torture on journey |
| Posted on Tuesday, 09.22.09IMMIGRATIONCubans tell of capture and torture on journeyA group of undocumented Cubans share a harrowing tale of capture and torture in Mexico by a band of human smugglers.BY GERARDO REYESEl Nuevo HeraldMEXICO ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| dissident slams un and oas for silence on torture in cuba |
| dissident slams un and oas for silence on torture in cubahavana, cuba, aug 26, 2009 / 03:30 pm (cna).- the leader of thechristian liberation movement in cuba, oswaldo paya, criticized theunited nations and the organization of american ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: As UN conducts universal periodic review, 205 ... |
| UN special rapporteur on torture should not be used to exempt Cuba from the commitments and concrete gestures that these imply. We call on those governments engaged in a dialogue with Cuba to step up mediation aimed ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| cuba to invite un torture investigator to visit |
| cuba to invite un torture investigator to visitwed jan 28, 2009 8:25pm gmthavana (reuters) - cuba is inviting the un special investigator on torture to visit the country this year, foreign minister felipe perez said on wednesday. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Cuba renews demands that the U.S. hand over Guantanamo |
| that Cuba was inviting the U.N. special investigator on torture to visit the island this year. The U.S. military base was built on land permanently leased from Cuba under terms dating back to 1903. For the Bush administration, a foreign ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Obama, use carrot and stick in Cuba |
| use of torture. Fittingly, he was gracious in defeat, urging "all. Americans to join [him] in … find[ing] ways to come together." They will: President-elect Obama already has sent the world a message of. American strength and resolve: ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| this cuban library lends dvds about state torture |
| this cuban library lends dvds about state torturemodule bodythu jul 24, 4:00 amcarlos serpa maceira's ramshackle home on the outskirts of a rural townon an island that once served as a prison for fidel castro is not easyto find. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Michael Moore Sneers at Cuban Americans |
| or to end two decades of daily torture. Yet the Democrats' pet walrus sneers at them from his Upper West Side pad as "wimps, cowards and crybabies." A guilt-stricken JFK finally ransomed back the Bay of Pigs prisoners. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Castro, McCain spar over Cuban torture in Vietnam |
| Castro, McCain spar over Cuban torture in Vietnam Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:41am EST. HAVANA (Reuters) - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro took on front-running U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain on ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| castro denies cubans tortured prisoners |
| ... presshavana — ailing leader fidel castro on monday denied us presidential hopeful john mccain's claim that cuban agents helped torture american prisoners of war in vietnam in the 1960s, calling the assertion "a strange legend. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| the united nations praises the government and punishes the cuban ... |
| at times acts of torture are discussed in terms of the damage they cause to an individual's physical and mental health when the torturers want to obtain information by means of intimidation.i do not. |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| judge awards $400 million in cuba torture, death suit |
| judge awards $400 million in cuba torture, death suit staff report posted december 15 2006 a miami-dade circuit court judge on thursday awarded $400 million in damages to the family of an american who was tortured and killed by a cuban ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| late cuban doctor played role in torture of dissidents, exiles say |
| 26, 2006 late cuban doctor played role in torture of dissidents, exiles say by frances robles knight ridder newspaperscuba's daily newspaper granma observed the passing of dr. eduardo bernabe ordaz last week, chronicling his climb from ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| doubts over new human rights body |
| ... china and russia appear almost certain to win seats on the un's inaugural human rights council, prompting questions about how committed the new body will be to protecting people from oppression, torture and other abuses.the. |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| an ugly past relevant to cuba's future |
| torture and disappearances will contribute to the search for truth and justice in a democratic cuba. the data will help in the struggle to come to terms with the many human-rights abuses committed under totalitarian rule. thousands died ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| the revolutions toll |
| already published a 1991 book about torture at cuban psychiatric facilities. but werlau's self-imposed mission has had its consequences. werlau, a business consultant who owns orbis consult, found herself ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| focus on cubas dictatorship |
| torture and mistreatment abounded. though most were released in the late 1970s, some remained incarcerated. mario chanes and eusebio peñalver, for example, served longer sentences than nelson mandela who is, rightfully, ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| sahrawi children inhumanely treated in cuba former cuban official |
| the moroccan delegation, composed of saadani maa oulainine, boussoula mohammed ebeya, bachir edkhil, ali najab and ali jaouhar, delivered poignant testimonies on the torture they endured during their detention in tindouf camps. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| ex pows tell of abduction torture in africa |
| ex-pows tell of abduction, torture in africa monday, march 27, 2006. by chris sturgis special to the times. trenton -- ali jaouhar spent 23 years in a prisoner-of-war camp in the. western sahara territory run by the polisario front ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| going for broke in quest for freedom |
| "it's torture," he said. "the thought is with me all the time. i open my eyes in the morning, and it's there." `wet foot, dry foot'. in january, martinez was part of a group of 15--including batista, the ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| country reports on human rights practices 2005 |
| torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. the law prohibits abusive treatment of detainees and prisoners; however, members of the security forces sometimes beat and otherwise abused human ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| raleigh woman receives government letter about trip to cuba |
| declare our opposition to torture and illegal detainment. and two, we hoped to visit the prisoners there, a work of mercy in the catholic tradition." about 490 terrorism suspects are at the base, where suspects have been ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| the shameful silence on cuba byamerica's librarians |
| to condemn the banning of books and the imprisonment and torture of librarians 90 miles away from our shores, in cuba. in march 1988, two residents of las tunas — ramon colas and berta mexidor — opened a private library in their home, ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| us librarians fail to speak out for oppressed peers |
| ignore imprisonment and torture of librarians - act against provision 215 of the. patriot act and approve of fidel castro's order 88, which denies all the rights we cherish." the library journal reports the speech "earned strong, ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| the havana billboard: it's a good start |
| administration of deliberately using torture as part of its counterterrorism strategy, told me that ``it's a creative, legitimate and valid option that deserves applause.'' vivanco added, ``i wish the us government would use the same ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| ala convention shocker: keynote speaker codrescu slams cuba policy ... |
| of expression and the torture of dissidents only 90 miles away from our shores, in cuba. in march 1998, two residents of las tunas, ramón colás and. berta mexidor, opened a private library in their home, dedicated to offering ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| a 'third way' for latin america? |
| and some middle east-based issues -- abu ghraib, torture, the camp at guantanamo where detainees are held indefinitely without a trial -- rankle some latin americans. and this president is not as popular as some of his predecessors. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| chavez wants to weaken judiciary, rights group says |
in its annual report on the global rights situation, the organization said latin america nations -- from haiti to argentina -- were still plagued by abuses ranging from overcrowded prisons to torture and widespread impunity. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| news alert: blind christian dissident in cuba surrounded by ... |
| gonzalez leiva, a lawyer and president of the cuban foundation of human rights, said the crowds began arriving thursday, january 12, to carry out "psychological torture" to pressure him "by force to go into exile from cuba" after his ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| all quiet along the fence line separating cuba from us naval base |
| navy cmdr. catie hanft, who commands the guards inside the gates, says the widespread allegations of torture and abuse of detainees bother her. "i know the sailors and soldiers here and i know they don't do the things people say they're ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| the route of a crisis |
| the stomatology clinics have been turned into real torture chambers, due to the fact that in nearly all of them there's no anesthesia needed for tooth extractions and other procedures. the situation gets worse for residents of the most ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| in cuba, 9240 victims - and counting |
| "there have never been death squads in our country, nor a single missing person, nor a single political assassination, nor a single victim of torture. ... you may travel around the country, ask the people, look for a single piece of ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| counting castro's victims |
| in the decades that followed, inhumane prison conditions often leading to death, unspeakable torture and privation were enough to keep cubans cowed. cuba archive finds that some 5600 cubans have died in front of firing squads and ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| mayo says he wanted to die rather than remain in prison |
| the wait was another torture. the prison authorities finally agreed to move me closer to my family by sending to camagüey's kilo 7 prison. the time spent in jail became harder and harder to bear. the director of the psychiatric hospital ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| desperation rises in castro's cuba |
| stockdale, according to the citation, inflicted "a near-mortal wound to his person in order to convince his captors of his willingness to give up his life rather than capitulate," which spared his fellow prisoners further torture. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| cpj presents international press freedom awards |
| bukharbaeva, now in exile in the united states, faces criminal prosecution for her reporting on the andijan crisis, police torture, and the repression of islamic activists. beatrice mtetwa, a media lawyer and tireless defender of press ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| exile could face deportation |
| that happened during posada's recent asylum trial when a department of homeland security assistant chief counsel told the immigration judge posada should not be deported to cuba because he could face torture there. agreed not to ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| cuba's castro sued for 60 million dollars in us court |
| mederos had migrated to the united states in 1980, and was later found guilty of torture and of hiding his links with cuba's communist party, but he died in 2002, shortly after his trial. courts in florida have over the years ordered ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| cuban torture victim sues estate for $10m |
| the next form of torture was worse than the electroshock, ferro said. she was injected with insulin three times a day, even though she was not diabetic. she drifted in and out of consciousness and was forced to drink 10 to 12 glasses of ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| spanish court refuses to consider dissident lawsuit against fidel ... |
| besides genocide, it accused castro of crimes against humanity, torture and terrorism. it resorted to a spanish doctrine that allows criminal charges in human rights cases even if the offense is alleged to have been committed abroad. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| les mouchards de fidel |
| ... d'anticastristes qui a déposé la semaine dernière à madrid, au moment où s'ouvrait en espagne le 15e sommet ibéro-américain, une plainte contre le président cubain pour «génocide, crimes contre l'humanité, torture et terrorisme». ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| charges brought against fidel castro in spain |
| on october 14, the spanish national audience is expected to rule on charges of crimes against humanity, genocide, torture and terrorism brought against fidel castro by the cuban foundation for human rights. these proceedings are based ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| situation of human rights in cuba |
| the number of executions in cuba can not be calculated due to the rigid control of information that is in place, but a lawsuit presented in spain against fidel castro for "crimes and torture" in november of 1998 contained 18.000 sworn ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| castro's library pass, part iv |
| resolution on torture (the brain-child of rosenzweig it turns out), which includes the following words from their own by-laws, and yet not come to the aid of librarians and writers who are beaten, framed, and jailed? ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| the other gitmo: where's the outrage? |
| torture, deprivation and isolation of political prisoners at the "other" guantanamo -- or at any of fidel's gulags across the island -- are no secret. they've been loudly denounced by prisoners' families and reported by ... |