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Amnesty International  Report 2012


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Cuba: Routine repression: Political short-term detentions and ...
22 March 2012

The Cuban government wages a permanent campaign of harassment and short-term detentions of political opponents to stop them from demanding respect for civil and ...

Report       AMR 25/007/2012

Cuba: Cuban couple detained for protest activities
22 March 2012

A Cuban couple have been detained on trumped up charges in response to taking part in peaceful protests which criticise the government. They are prisoners of conscience ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/010/2012

Cuba: Brothers arrested after listening to hip-hop
22 March 2012

Two brothers are currently serving prison sentences in Cuba for politically motivated offences. They are prisoners of conscience, detained solely for peacefully ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/011/2012

Cuba: Further information: José Daniel Ferrer Garcia released
28 February 2012

José Daniel Ferrer García, who was detained on 21 February, was released without charge on 24 February.

Urgent Action       AMR 25/006/2012

Cuba: Ex prisoner of conscience believed detained: José Daniel ...
23 February 2012

Former prisoner of conscience José Daniel Ferrer García's whereabouts are unknown following his alleged arrest in central Havana, Cuba, on 21 February.

Urgent Action       AMR 25/005/2012

Cuba: Further Information: Screening postponed as blogger denied ...
10 February 2012

Following the Cuban authorities´ refusal to grant Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez permission to travel to Brazil to attend a documentary screening on freedom of ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/004/2012

Cuban blogger denied exit from country: Yoani Sánchez
7 February 2012

Cuban authorities have refused blogger Yoani Sánchez permission to travel to Brazil to attend a documentary screening on freedom of expression. Amnesty International ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/003/2012

Amnesty International | Cuban blogger blocked from travelling to ...
6 February 2012

The Cuban government must reform an arbitrary exit permit scheme that affects all Cubans and is used to punish freedom of expression, Amnesty International said ...

Press Release      

Cuban blogger blocked from travelling to film premiere in Brazil ...
6 February 2012

Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez has been barred from leaving Cuba 19 times in the last four years.

Story      

Brazilian Government must defend the rights of Yoani Sánchez ...
27 January 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 27 January 2012. AI Index: AMR 19/002/2012. Br azilian Government must d efend the rights of ...

Public Statement       AMR 19/002/2012