Police

Escalation of repression

October 3, 2011

The Wall Street Journal‘s Mary A. O’Grady on the Cuban government’s increased repression against dissidents and Havana’s view of the United States’ recent loosening of policies as a sign of  weakness: The nongovernmental organization Capitol Hill Cubans has reported that in the first 12 days of September, authorities detained 168 peaceful activists. These “express detentions” are [...]

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Cuban autumn?

September 15, 2011

Via Global Post: But while the Arab Spring is still in full effect in many countries, opponents of the Castro government have gained little momentum for a “Cuban Autumn.”…Now activists are once more testing Raul Castro’s tolerance for public protest — and whether the tactics used by tweeting insurgents in the Middle East could spread [...]

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Worst of the worst, cont.

September 10, 2011

Foreign Policy magazine revisits its list of “Worst of the Worst” dictators. Raúl Castro moved up to 4th place from last year’s ranking of 21st: Cuba After 52 years under the rule of the Castro brothers, Cubans are stirring. On Aug. 23, a group of four women took to the steps of the capitol building [...]

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Rules of resistance

August 27, 2011

Don’t trust your neighbors, keep the kids inside and discuss weapons only in code Hakim Bousayn, a Libyan businessman in opposition to Gaddaffi’s 42-year-old dictatorship, is featured in this Wall Street Journal article, proffering rules of resistance: Spent late nights covertly training neighborhood youth in shooting skills before their guerrilla commanders sent them out to [...]

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Extreme violence perpetrated by retired police

August 22, 2011

Two articles written by Cuban independent journalists about the violence perpetrated by retired police was recently published by CUBANET. The first reports on a 14-year-old black adolescent shot and killed by a retired major from the police force in Havana and the second on a retired police captain shooting his victim four times in the chest and one [...]

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Police force ranks grow

August 11, 2011

Cuba’s National Revolutionary Police (Policía Nacional Revolucionaria—PNR) force is increasing its ranks. Since 2009, the national police force has seen an increase of 3,000 officers, having graduated from Havana-based Mártires de Tarara Police Officers Training Academy,  notes Cuban state media. This academy is undergoing renovations to house the influx of 2,000 new students. Recruits are taught three main courses: (1) Police Officers Basic Training Course [...]

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