Cuba

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Six years in prison in Cuba for 57 activists: supporters face ...
18 March 2009

Human rights activists marking the 6-year detention of 57 peopleimprisoned in Cuba for expressing their right to freedom of expressionand association are facing ...

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Cuba: Intimidation/Harassment: Ivonne Mallesa (f)
12 March 2009

Ivonne Mallesa was reportedly briefly detained by the Cuban Security forces on 10 March having been previously detained and released two days earlier. Amnesty ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/001/2009

Suggested recommendations to the 16 States in the fourth round of ...
1 December 2008

In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of various states about ending torture, arbitrary arrests, the death penalty, for ...

Document       IOR 41/046/2008

President-elect Obama recommits to closing Guantánamo and ending ...
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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Cuba: Amnesty International Submission to the UN Universal ...
8 September 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Questions And Answers. This document must not be distributed as an official AI statement. It is distributed ...

Report       AMR 25/002/2008

Cuba: Further information on fear of unfair trial: Gorki Águila
1 September 2008

Gorki Águila was released on 29 August 2008 after a trial before a Municipal court in Havana. He was cleared of charges of “dangerousness” (peligrosidad), but found ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/003/2008

Cuba: Fear of unfair trial: Gorki Águila (m)
28 August 2008

A Cuban musician who is an outspoken critic of the Cuban government has been arrested and faces up to four years in prison. Amnesty International is concerned that ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/001/2008

No hiding place for torture | Amnesty International
5 June 2008

In June 2008, Amnesty International will campaign worldwide to end the use of torture and other ill-treatment.

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Death Penalty News: April – May 2008
16 May 2008

1) Liberia: Death penalty for armed robbery debated in the Senate 2) Cuba: President will commute death sentences 3) Guatemala: Bill allowing resumption of execution ...

Document       ACT 53/003/2008

The Wire, April 2008. Vol. 38, No. 3
1 April 2008

1) Conveyor belt of injustice in Nigerian prisons 2) Inside US network of secret jails 3) Liberian women struggle to rebuild their lives after war 4) Trapped in ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/003/2008