Cuba

Engaging Cuba on Human Rights

Jorge G. Castañeda — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:57:19 -0800

Normalization of U.S.

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Human Rights Watch — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:17:46 -0800

Statement to US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Lifting the Travel Ban to Cuba

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0800

Washington, DC

Chairman Howard L. Berman
U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
2170 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Mr. Chairman,

New Castro, Same Cuba

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:16:00 -0800

This 123-page report shows how the Raúl Castro government has relied in particular on the Criminal Code offense of "dangerousness," which allows authorities to imprison individuals before they have committed any crime, on the suspicion that they are likely to commit an offense in the future.

New Castro, Same Cuba

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:10:00 -0800

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Cuba: Raúl Castro Imprisons Critics, Crushes Dissent

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:17:21 -0800

(Washington, DC) - Raúl Castro's government has locked up scores of people for exercising their fundamental freedoms and allowed scores more political prisoners arrested during Fidel Castro's rule to languish in detention, Human Rights Watch says in a report released today.

Cuba: Prominent Blogger Abducted, Beaten

Human Rights Watch — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:20:51 -0800

(Washington, DC) – Cuban authorities should cease all attacks on human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers and civic activists, Human Rights Watch said today. The international community should condemn attacks on those who peacefully exercise their basic rights to freedom of expression, opinion, and assembly in the strongest terms.

OAS Should Not Welcome Back Cuba

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:09:16 -0700

In a crucial vote this week, the Organization of American States could decide whether to lift Cuba's almost 50-year suspension from the key regional body. OAS secretary general José Miguel Insulza wants to bring the issue to a vote as early as June 2 at a General Assembly meeting. Such a move would be bad for civil society in Cuba and bad for the OAS.

OAS: Maintain Suspension of Cuba

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:08:31 -0700

(Washington, DC) - The Organization of American States should not lift the suspension of Cuba as a participating full member until it ends its systematic denial of fundamental freedoms for Cubans, Human Rights Watch said today.

UN: Elect Rights-Respecting States to Human Rights Council

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:25:57 -0700

(New York) – Serious human rights violations in Azerbaijan, China, Cuba, Russia, and Saudi Arabia undermine their candidacies for the May 12, 2009 election to the United Nations Human Rights Council, a global coalition of international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) said in a letter released today.