human rights

A power struggle for the future

July 21, 2010

Der Spiegel on the political and economic realities facing the Castro regime in its fight for survival: But the release of the dissidents could also be a message to the Europeans, who have not been entirely sure what to make of the new president since he officially assumed office in February 2008. Raul is believed to [...]

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Concession turns to quick advantage

July 13, 2010

Newsweek magazine on the new tactics for an aged regime: But Havana has already turned the concession to quick advantage. By taking the most obvious human-rights issue off the table, Raúl Castro has driven a new wedge between U.S. and European policies. Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos, who helped broker the deal, crowed that [...]

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Diplomatic corner

July 9, 2010

The European Union will revise its “Common Position” which conditions the position of the community over links with Cuba about the human rights situation on the island. [Clarín] Past negotiated releases did not bring an end to repression in Cuba. [New York Review of Books Blog] Cuban Catholic Church and the Spanish government set up mechanism [...]

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Terrible situation of human rights

July 7, 2010

“These liberations will not mean a significant improvement in the terrible situation of human rights that exists in Cuba,” he said. “It’s opening the prisons a little, and not to everyone.” —Elizardo Sanchez, Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation

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Number of political prisoners drop, but…

January 19, 2010

Cuba ended 2009 with slightly fewer political prisoners but continues to have the worst human rights in the Western Hemisphere with no improvement in sight, said the Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation. There were 201 dissidents behind bars, down from 208 at mid-year, but CCHRNR charged that the Cuban government had stepped [...]

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