Cuba

Amnesty International puts human rights on Americas Summit agenda - 16 April 2009

An Amnesty International delegation has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago to take part in the Summit of the Americas.

Miami Five wives again denied visas to visit their husbands - 26 March 2009

René González and Gerardo Hernández have been imprisoned since 1998 for 'acting as unregistered agents of a foreign government'. Their wives, Cuba

Demonstrations disrupted in Cuba - 19 March 2009

The Cuban authorities took action on Tuesday to suppress peaceful demonstrations marking the 6th anniversary of a crackdown against dissidents.

Six years in prison in Cuba for 57 activists: supporters face ongoing harassment - 18 March 2009

Human rights activists marking the 6-year detention of 57 people imprisoned in Cuba for expressing their right to freedom of expression and association are facing on

Cuba: Government must show commitment to human rights by releasing activists - 18 March 2009

The Cuban government should immediately release the 57 prisoners of conscience who have been held for over six years and respect the right to freedom expression and as

EU ministers urged to help close Guantánamo - 26 January 2009

A coalition of human rights organizations is calling on EU foreign ministers to help by offering humanitarian protection to detainees at risk of torture or other seri

Growing calls for end to executions at UN - 18 December 2008

Over one hundred countries voted overwhelmingly in favour of a second resolution on "Moratorium on the use of the death penalty" at the United Nations on T

President-elect Obama recommits to closing Guantánamo and ending torture - 18 November 2008

'Early action' promised on closing the detention centre at Guantánamo Bay and ensuring that the USA does not resort to torture.
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