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Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF CUBA

Amnesty International  Report 2012


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Cuba: Dozens arrested at funeral of prominent rights activist ...
25 July 2012

Cuban authorities arrested more than 40 activists as they attended the funeral of human rights activist Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas in the capital Havana.

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Cuba: Protesters detained without charge
18 July 2012

Ladies in White Niurka Luque Álvarez and Sonia Garro Alfonso, and Sonia's husband Ramón Alejandro Muñoz González, are believed to have been detained without charge ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/018/2012

Report 2012: No longer business as usual for tyranny and injustice ...
24 May 2012

Amnesty International releases its flagship yearly report documenting the state of the world's human rights.

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Cuba: Further information: Government critic released to await ...
1 May 2012

Government critic Andrés Carrión Álvarez has been released from prison, to await trial on trumped up charges.

Urgent Action       AMR 25/017/2012

Cuba: Prisoner freed, if gives up political activism: José Daniel ...
1 May 2012

Prisoner of conscience José Daniel Ferrer García has been released, on condition that he gives up his political activism: he has been told that if he does so, his ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/016/2012

World Press Freedom Day: Repression in the digital era | Amnesty ...
1 May 2012

Amnesty International hears from journalists and bloggers across the world who face abuse and even imprisonment while trying to do their job.

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Cuba: Further information: Cuban prisoner of conscience still held ...
13 April 2012

Cuban government critic José Daniel Ferrer García has been detained without charge for more than 10 days. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/015/2012

Cuba: Further information: Prisoners of conscience released on ...
11 April 2012

Two Cuban prisoners of conscience have been released on bail to await trial on trumped-up charges arising from their joining peaceful protests.

Urgent Action       AMR 25/014/2012

Cuba: Cuban government detains critic
4 April 2012

A government critic has been detained, apparently without charge, for more than a week for peacefully expressing his right to freedom of expression.

Urgent Action       AMR 25/013/2012

Cuba: Crackdown on Cuban dissidents
4 April 2012

The authorities have arrested 43 government critics in the province of Santiago de Cuba. This is a clear attempt to crush the emerging peaceful dissident movement ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/012/2012