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Cuban man targeted for government criticism
15 November 2012

Government critic Antonio Rodiles has been charged with “resisting authority”. It is believed the charges may be used to punish and prevent his peaceful criticism ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/026/2012

Guantánamo: 10 years of human wrongs | Amnesty International
1 November 2012

The US authorities must urgently take action to correct a decade of human wrongs and cruelty carried out within the Guantánamo facility in Cuba.

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Cuba: Freedom of assembly and expression limited by government ...
31 October 2012

In this submission, Amnesty International assesses the implementation of a number of recommendations that Cuba supported during its previous Universal Periodic ...

Document       AMR 25/027/2012

Cuban man still imprisoned, parents harassed
26 October 2012

Prisoner of conscience Antonio Michel Lima Cruz was released from prison in Cuba on 24 October. His brother Marcos Máiquel Lima Cruz, also a prisoner of conscience ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/025/2012

Cuba: Further information: Lady in White released from Cuban ...
11 October 2012

On 5 October, Lady in White Niurka Luque Álvarez was released from prison in Cuba pending trial. Fellow Lady in White Sonia Garro Alfonso and her husband Ramón ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/024/2012

Amnesty International | Cuba: Activists must be allowed to mark ...
11 October 2012

The Cuban authorities must allow a group of local activists known as the Ladies in White to commemorate freely the first anniversary of the death of their leader ...

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Cuba: Further information: Human rights activists released in Cuba
2 October 2012

Between 24 and 26 September, all the Ladies in White who were detained between 21 and 24 September in Havana were released.

Urgent Action       AMR 25/023/2012

Cuba: Human rights activists detained in Cuba
25 September 2012

Members of the Ladies in White have been detained in Havana and several other places in Cuba. Some remain in detention and the authorities have failed to provide ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/022/2012

Cuba must say why they are holding Jorge Vázquez Chaviano or ...
14 September 2012

The Cuban authorities must either explain why they failed to release detainee Jorge Vázquez Chaviano as scheduled on 9 September or let him go immediately and ...

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Cuba: Further information: Political activist released without ...
2 August 2012

Political activist José Daniel Ferrer García was released without charge in the early afternoon of 1 August following an arrest by police aimed at preventing his ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/020/2012