Tag: repression
Subcomité del Congreso estadounidense adopta una resolución de apoyo al pueblo de Venezuela
Ros-Lehtinen señaló en un comunicado de prensa que “la aprobación unánime del subcomité, muestra que el Congreso está preocupado por la represión violenta de (Nicolás) Maduro contra los manifestantes pacíficos, y que es ahora que debemos tomar acción”.
Sin techo ni comida
El ciudadano Orestes Adelino Valdivia León, tras arribar a Jatibonico procedente de La Habana en la madrugada de hoy, ha comunicado a este corresponsal la situación desesperada que confronta, por verse obligado a vivir en la vía pública y sin medios de subsistencia.
1052 illegal political detainees in January, again a record of repression in Cuba
The growth of recent months, then, is confirming the exponential growth of repression in Cuba. The average in the last 3 months has been 979 illegal political arrests monthly, number never reached in decades, and makes an increased average again from 2013’s last three months average (931 arrests)
E.U. policy toward Cuba must not overlook its human rights abuses
A decade ago, a visionary dissident, Oswaldo Payá, launched the Varela Project in Cuba, an initiative seeking a legal plebiscite on democracy, free speech and release of political prisoners. More than 11,000 people courageously signed his petition at the time — more than 25,000 back it today — and the regime reacted with cruel disdain. In the “Black Spring” wave of arrests and repression in early 2003, some 75 activists were sentenced to long prison terms. Wisely, the E.U. reacted with disgust to the crackdown, and relations with Cuba soured.
Wave of political repression in Cuba several days before the CELAC Summit
Cuba’s Government unleashed a wave of political repression against dissidents between days 23 and 26 of this month to muzzle the peaceful opposition to face the CELAC Summit
