political prisoners

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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Diplomatic corner

July 23, 2010

European Union’s foreign relations ministers will begin debating early next week the consequences of the recent release of political prisoners in Cuba. [Europa Press] Germany demands of Havana “true reforms,” i.e. free elections and respect human rights. [Clarín] Dominican president Leonel Fernández meets with Army General Raul Castro and both countries sign agreements on diplomatic exchanges. [...]

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Freeing more political prisoners

July 22, 2010

Cuba has said it is ready to release more political prisoners, in addition to the 52 it announced it would free earlier this month. The releases are part of a deal between Cuba, the Catholic Church and Spain, which is taking in many of the men after their release. But the US has said prisoners who do [...]

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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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Vatican foreign minister visits Cuba this week

June 14, 2010

Vatican Foreign Minister Archbishop Dominique Mamberti will begin his five-day visit to Cuba tomorrow. Reuters characterizes the Catholic church, in its wire story of the visit, as “flexing its political muscle and calling for change on the communist-led island”: The concessions by the Cuban government have raised hopes that more prisoners will be freed in a [...]

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