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| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba Verdad: Exiles emphasize Cuban people's lack of hope |
| us after 7 1/2 years of torture and abuses. I was in punishment and torture cells, full of plagues of mosquitoes, with terrible heat. We've suffered a long and harsh imprisonment, but hate must not predominate at any time," Prieto said. ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| A SURVIVOR'S STORY. THE STORY OF CUBAN TORTURE SURVIVOR AMADO ... |
| 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 ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba blocks visit by UN torture investigator |
| Cuba blocks visit by UN torture investigatorPage last updated at 19:01 GMT, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:01 UKRelatives of dissident prisoners protest Human rights groups had hailed the invitation as a breakthroughCuba has told the UN ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| UN torture expert says Cuba fails to accept dates for visit |
| UN torture expert says Cuba fails to accept dates for visitThe UN human rights expert on torture said Wednesday that the Cuba government had failed to agree on a date to allow him to go to the country to examine the human rights ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| UN torture sleuth says Cuba blocked visit |
| UN torture sleuth says Cuba blocked visitRobert EvansGENEVAWed Jun 9, 2010 1:04pm EDTGENEVA (Reuters) - Cuba has told the United Nations special investigator on torture that he cannot visit the island on a fact-finding mission although ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| UN Torture Investigator Blocked From Cuba Mission |
| UN Torture Investigator Blocked From Cuba MissionVOA News 09 June 2010The United Nations torture investigator says he has been blocked from visiting Cuba to look into allegations of human rights abuses.Manfred Nowak said Wednesday he ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| UN torture investigator disappointed by Cuba's decision to block ... |
| UN torture investigator disappointed by Cuba's decision to block fact-finding tripBy The Associated Press (CP)GENEVA — The UN's independent torture investigator says he is deeply disappointed by Cuba's decision to block him from ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| A prisoner no more |
| A prisoner no moreBy ANDREA SLIVKASTAFF WRITERWhen Cuban native Lisset Diez was 13, her father came to the United States after years of imprisonment and torture as a political prisoner of Fidel Castro."I didn't see him for 23 years, ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| UN torture expert hopes to visit Cuba this summer |
| UN torture expert hopes to visit Cuba this summerAssociated Press2010-03-10 11:12 PM Manfred Nowak says he is negotiating dates with the Communist government. Cuba's foreign minister said last week that it wanted conditions on Nowak's ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba won't say if UN can investigate its prisons |
| Cuba won't say if UN can investigate its prisonsAssociated Press2010-03-04 01:21 AM The Cuban foreign minister won't say if a UN torture investigator can examine Cuba's prisons, despite an international outcry over a jailed dissident's ... |
| 01/01/1970 01:00 AM |
| Cuba redefines torture |
| Posted on Thursday, 02.25.10ORLANDO ZAPATA TAMAYOCuba redefines tortureBY MIRIAM LEIVAleivachepe@gmail.comHAVANA -- Orlando Zapata Tamayo died on Feb. 23 as a result of a hungerstrike he maintained for more than 80 days to demand ... |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| Castro, mccain spar over Cuban torture in Vietnam |
| Castro, mccain spar over Cuban torture in vietnammon Feb 11, 2008 11:41am EST.HAVANA (Reuters) - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro took on front-running US Republican presidential candidate John mccain on Monday, accusing him of lying ... |
| 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 |
| Cuba Verdad: Obama emphasizes renewed diplomacy |
| authority by ending torture, closing Guantánamo Bay's military prison and helping fight global poverty and AIDS. ''Our ability to lead has been set back by our bluster and our refusal to talk to nations we don't like,'' the Illinois ... |
| 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 |
| Cuba Verdad: 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 ... |