Political Prisoners in the Post-Fidel Era
This report shows how Raúl Castro has kept Cuba’s repressive machinery firmly in place and fully active since being handed power by his brother Fidel Castro. Scores of political prisoners arrested under Fidel continue to languish in prison, and Raúl has used draconian laws and sham trials to incarcerate scores more who have dared to exercise their fundamental rights. In particular, the Raúl Castro government has relied on a "dangerousness" provision in the Criminal Code that allows authorities to imprison individuals before they have committed a crime, on the suspicion that they might to commit an offense in the future.
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ISBN: 1-56432-567-9
ISBN: 1-56432-567-9
- New Castro, Same Cuba
- I. Executive Summary
- II. Illustrative Cases
- III. Methodology
- IV. The Legal Foundation of Repression in Cuba
- V. Political Prisoners
- VI. Due Process Violations
- VII. Inhumane Prisons
- VIII. Everyday Forms of Repression
- IX. State of Fear
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix 1: List of the 53 Political Prisoners Arrested in the 2003 Crackdown Who Remain in Prison under Raúl Castro
- Appendix 2: Human Rights Watch Letters to the Cuban Government Requesting Meetings and Permission to Visit Cuba
- Appendix 3: The “Dangerousness” Law, Excerpt from the Cuban Criminal Code[380]








