cuban dissidents

Massive political prisoner release?

October 5, 2010

Cuban dissidents and the Cuban Catholic Church believe Raúl Castro’s government is preparing conditions for a massive political prisoner release once 16 members of the Group of 75 are freed, who remain in prison, reports El País.

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Polemic between church and dissidents

August 23, 2010

164 Cuban dissidents (many of whom are Catholic) signed an open letter addressed to Pope Benedict XVI stating that they are not in agreement with “the position the Cuban Church hierarchy has taken in its intervention in support of political prisoners.” Furthermore, the dissidents believe that if the bishops had offered the “right mediation,” they would [...]

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Dissidents’ detention and harassment is on the rise

August 19, 2010

Cuba’s Communist government continues to harass critics who publicly express their discontent on the streets even as it releases some political prisoners. The number of temporary detention of dissidents and incidents where they are harassed by groups of government supporters is on the rise. [Reuters]

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Tactics of survival

July 21, 2010

Alvaro Vargas Llosa on the Castro brothers as masterful tacticians: Other releases have lifted people’s hopes in the past. In 1969-70, about 1,300 prisoners were deported. In 1979, after a controversial negotiation with some exiles, 3,600 opponents were set free – and expelled. In 1998, Pope John Paul II’s visit was followed by the release of [...]

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Prisoner release is no sign of a new era

July 11, 2010

Columnist Andres Oppenheimer in today’s The Oppenheimer Report: Cuba’s announcement that it will free 52 political prisoners over the next four months is a welcome development, but Spain’s Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos’ claim that this opens a “new phase in Cuba” is ludicrous. [...] First, Cuba has a long history of using political prisoners as [...]

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Video of the Day

July 10, 2010
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