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	Human rights in Cuba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cuba's constitution of 1976 makes human rights subservient to the state's political aims.
		Cuba placed a moratorium on the use of capital punishment in 2001 but an exception was made after three years when, in 2003, three Cubans were executed for a ferry hijacking using automatic weapons in which Cuban families and two young French female tourists were held at gunpoint.
		Cuba was officially atheist until 1992 when the Communist Party of Cuba agreed to allow religious followers to join the party.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Human_rights_in_Cuba (2560 words)

	Human Rights First \| Human Rights Defender Cases - Cuba
		Cuba remains the only country in the Western Hemisphere to reject democracy and effectively outlaw peaceful advocacy for human rights and democratic reforms.
		In a severe crackdown on independent civil society in Cuba, 75 peaceful human rights, democracy and political activists were arrested in the spring of 2003, summarily tried and sentenced to jail terms of up to 28 years.
		Human Rights First supports the right of Cubans to peacefully defend their basic rights and to form independent associations that seek human rights reforms.
	www.humanrightsfirst.org /defenders/hrd_cuba/hrd_cuba.htm (401 words)

	What About Human Rights in Cuba
		The government-controlled courts undermined the right to a fair trial by restricting the right to a defense, and frequently failed to observe the few due process rights available to defendants under Cuban law.
		Cuba has a highly educated work force and in terms of overall health status, it is ranked alongside the most advanced industrial nations.
		The human rights situation in Cuba has not changed dramatically in the last few years, and is unlikely to change dramatically in the next year or two.
	www.ciponline.org /cuba/trade/hrmemo.htm (1024 words)

	Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Cuba submitted before the 58th Session of the United Nations ...
		The violation of this right in Cuba is fundamentally manifested through the brutality of the police forces within the prison system as well as outside of the prison walls.
		The authorities have ignored all of the petitions sent by human rights and political opposition groups as well as other civil society groups on the island, in direct violation of their own law which establishes a maximum of 60 days to respond to any legal petition by a citizen.
		Hundreds of activists who attempted to celebrate International Human Rights Day in the cities of Havana, Matanzas, Villa Clara, and the special municipality of the Isle of Youth were repressed by police forces who used methods ranging from the now-familiar temporary kidnappings to the use of physical violence.
	www.pdc-cuba.org /anual58.htm (7213 words)

	Human Rights First \| Human Rights Defender Cases - Cuba \| Hector Palacios
		In March 2003, 75 human rights advocates, independent journalists and librarians were arrested, tried, and sentenced to up to 28 years in prison in the most severe crackdown the island has seen in recent history.
		Human Rights First believes that these people have been wrongfully imprisoned solely for openly exercising basic rights guaranteed to them in both international and Cuban law and has urged the Cuban Authorities to order their immediate release.
		International human rights law requires that all persons held in detention are treated with humanity and dignity and that they are not subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
	www.humanrightsfirst.org /defenders/hrd_cuba/alert032305_palacios.htm (1219 words)

	Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Report on Cuba
		It is evident that the exercise of the right to freedom of expression under this article of the Constitution is governed by two fundamental determinants: on the one hand, the preservation and strengthening of the communist State; on the other, the need to muzzle any criticism of the group in power.
		The Cuban Human Rights Committee reported to the commission that in September 1994, Barbara Celia Dieguez Gonzalez, aged 26, was subjected to harassment by Interior Ministry agents on account of her work in defense of human rights.
		The right of association, moreover, cannot be exercised against the existence and purposes of the communist State; the labor unions are not therefore truly autonomous since they are subordinated to the interests of the State and guided by the Party.
	www.fiu.edu /~fcf/IACHR.html (4335 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Americas : Cuba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cuba’s trial and sentencing of a blind human rights lawyer and nine other dissidents violates their rights to freedom of expression, association and liberty, Human Rights Watch said today.
		Cuba’s planned trial of a blind human rights lawyer, along with nine other dissidents and independent journalists, on charges of “disrespect for authority” demonstrates a continuing pattern of political repression, Human Rights Watch said today.
		Cuba's membership on the commission was set to expire but renewed for another term on Tuesday when the UN body, meeting in New York, voted on the issue.
	hrw.org /doc?t=americas&c=cuba (954 words)

	Cuba
		Cuba is a totalitarian state controlled by Fidel Castro, who is chief of state with the titles of president, head of government, first secretary of the Communist Party (CP), and commander in chief of the armed forces.
		There was a right to appeal, access to counsel, and charges were generally known to the defendant, although many political detainees subjected to summary trials in April 2003 were unaware of the charges against them until moments before trial.
		Human rights observers noted that while the decree affected migration countrywide, it targeted individuals and families predominantly of African descent from the more impoverished eastern provinces.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41756.htm (13577 words)

	Human Rights Cuba
		Cuba has declined to sign any international law pertaining to human rights.
		Cuban jails are packed with political prisoners jailed on the basis of pure speculation of "crime." Castro's regime has had the longest serving political prisoner in the history of this world who has been in jail for 28 years, as of 1996.
		The human rights violations in Cuba, which began with the rise of Castro in 1958 and are rapidly increasing, are a cause for concern.
	nhs.needham.k12.ma.us /cur/kane97/P6/nuskp6/nuskp6.html (896 words)

	OAS Report: CUBA 1997
		The doctrine of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights establishes that the effective observance of the guarantees contained in the articles cited is grounded in the independence of the judiciary, which derives from the classic separation of powers.10 This is a logical consequence of the very conception of human rights.
		The Commission also believes that reparations for human rights violations have the purpose of alleviating the suffering of victims and doing justice by eliminating or correcting, insofar as is possible, the consequences of the unlawful acts and the adoption of measures to prevent and deter violations.
		The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights considers that in light of the reforms in the economic and labor area, it is increasingly necessary to ensure the presence of free and independent unions that defend the labor rights of workers.
	www.fiu.edu /~fcf/OAS-Castillo/chapterv.cub.html (12932 words)

	Human Rights in Cuba
		On April 18, 2001, the UN Commission on Human Rights adopted a resolution criticizing the human rights situation in Cuba and calling upon the Government of Cuba to adhere to international human rights norms.
		The resolution, which was introduced by the Government of the Czech Republic, was co-sponsored by 22 countries (not all voting members) and passed by a vote of 22 to 20 with 10 abstentions.
		Groups like Cuba Free Press and Cubanet, which publish a regular paper in English with articles by the independent press, are helping broaden dissemination of articles written by independent journalists.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/cuba/4931.htm (609 words)

	USATODAY.com - U.S. criticizes Cuba on human rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In her report to the commission on abuses in Cuba, which Chanet presented last month, she noted the government's release of 18 political prisoners last year was a positive step, but did "not signify the end of the repression" because other political detainees were still jailed.
		Cuba has never allowed a U.N. human rights envoy to visit, claiming such visits could infringe on its sovereignty.
		Cuba has launched a campaign to defend itself, and a Cuban foreign ministry document titled "Cuba and Human Rights," said the United State's strategy is focused on "fabricating a false perception of an intolerant and rigid society."
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-04-13-us-cuba_x.htm (567 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Cuba report revisited \| www.vcrisis.com
		Cuba’s legal and institutional structures (?) are at the root of rights violations.
		Because Cuba does not release information regarding its use of the penalty, it is difficult to ascertain the frequency with which it is employed.
		At its sixty-first session in April, the U.N. Commission on Human Rights voted twenty-one to seventeen (with fifteen abstentions) to adopt a blandly-worded resolution on the situation of human rights in Cuba (Venezuelans take note: this is the international community you so wish to rid your country of the Chavez pest).
	www.vcrisis.com /index.php?content=letters/200601190726 (1736 words)

	NET FOR CUBA INTERNATIONAL - HUMAN RIGHTS
		As it was demonstrated in the previous article it's noticeable that individual liberties don't exist at all, remaining indivisibly conditioned to the official stand over any aspect of the political, economical and social life of the society in general.
		In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are state the basic rights to which each individual is entitled at birth.
		The conditions in Cuba' s prisons not only are inconsistent with the minimum standard norms for the treatment and the Conduct Code for those civil servants that apply the law, but also are inconsistent with the provisions of the Cuban Penal Code regarding imprisonment.
	www.netforcuba.org /HumanRights-EN/HumanRights/main.htm (1204 words)

	Cuba’s human rights
		‘Human rights abuses.’ The Carter administration raised this phrase from a vague, demagogic political generality to a battle cry against any government that didn’t knuckle under to the demands of the world’s greatest violator of human rights: U.S. finance capital and its military might.
		Guantanamo—that little sliver of Cuba that the Pentagon militarily occupies in defiance of the will of the Cuban people—is now known around the world as a CIA torture chamber, where the screams of its prisoners cannot be heard.
		Cuba, despite its constant struggle to survive Washington’s subversion, has been building an economic system in which people are guaranteed a job, inexpensive rent, free health care, free education and the opportunity to participate in organizing their neighborhoods, their jobs and their country’s future.
	www.workers.org /2005/editorials/cuba-0421 (499 words)

	Human Rights in Cuba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Depending upon the ebb and flow of the Cuban political dynamic, the human rights situation gets a little better or a little worse or a little better or a little worse, but nothing significant or permanent seems to happen or change.
		The resolution authoritatively cites human rights organizations as critical of human rights practices of Cuban authorities.
		If we really want to see the peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba, then it is about time, after 40 years, the end of the cold war and the falling of the Berlin Wall, to break out of the policy straitjacket that has prevented meaningful change from taking place in Cuba-United States relationships.
	www.senate.gov /member/ct/dodd/general/press/Speeches/106_99/0325.htm (1128 words)

	A/RES/51/113. Situation of human rights in Cuba
		Commends the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights for his interim report on the situation of human rights in Cuba; 2.
		Regrets profoundly the numerous violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Cuba, as described in the report of the Special Rapporteur to the Commission on Human Rights and in his interim report; 5.
		Calls especially upon the Government of Cuba to release the numerous persons detained for activities of a political nature, including those specifically mentioned in the report of the Special Rapporteur, who suffer from inadequate medical care while imprisoned or whose rights as journalists or jurists are impeded or denied; 7.
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/resolutions/51/113GA1996.html (224 words)

	Continuing Human Rights Abuses in Cuba
		The Varela Project is a peaceful call for a national referendum on political and economic reforms in Cuba that seeks to take advantage of a clause in the Castro constitution that requires the national assembly to consider a referendum upon the petition of 10,000 citizens.
		And we welcome the growing optimism in Cuba itself that the end of the dictatorship is near.
		They cannot credibly argue that they are in compliance with their human rights commitments.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/rm/2004/33656.htm (2205 words)

	CUBA - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cuba: 71 prisoners of conscience continue to be imprisoned for expressing their ideas
		On the front line: Bulletin on human rights defenders in Latin America and the Caribbean.
		Human rights crackdown in the name of security.
	web.amnesty.org /library/eng-cub/index (165 words)

	CUBA'S REPRESSIVE MACHINERY
		This report was written by Sarah A. DeCosse, researcher with the Americas division of Human Rights Watch, on the basis of research she carried out between 1997 and 1999.
		We are indebted to all of the Cuban former political prisoners, family members of political prisoners, human rights activists, independent journalists, labor rights activists, and others interviewed for this report.
		We also are grateful to Giselda Hidalgo and Amado J. Rodríguez of Human Rights in Cuba for their valuable assistance.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1999/cuba (390 words)

	Human Rights in Cuba; Regarding the 2008 Olympic Games; Concerning Taiwan's Participation in the World Health ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cuba is a signatory to, or has acceded to, the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, and they were signatories to other conventions and treaties.
		Our policies with Cuba are outdated, and they have been outdated for perhaps the last 20 years, and that is the reason why we have not made the progress with democracy that we should have made.
		One, the human rights situation is appalling in China.
	commdocs.house.gov /committees/intlrel/hfa71429.000/hfa71429_0.htm (14186 words)

	CNN.com - U.S. delegate protests Cuba's human rights seat - Apr. 29, 2003
		The election of Cuba had been expected and was unopposed as part of a slate of uncontested candidates from the Latin American regional group.
		Libya holds the one-year chairmanship of the human rights committee.
		According to Human Rights Watch, political opponents in Libya are subject to abduction and assassination, torture, and detention without charge or trial.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/americas/04/29/cuba.human.rights (398 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Human rights and Cuba
		At the 61st session of the UN human rights commission in Geneva, the US is again trying to pass a resolution against Cuba by placing other member states under duress.
		But at the last commission, in 2004, it was not possible even to debate the atrocious violations of human rights in the US prisons at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.
		The government of the US has no moral authority to elect itself as the judge over human rights in Cuba, where there has not been a single case of disappearance, torture or extra-judicial execution since 1959, and where despite the economic blockade, there are levels of health, education and culture that are internationally recognised.
	www.guardian.co.uk /letters/story/0,3604,1445897,00.html (244 words)

	Cuba: Human Rights & Democracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In Cuba, the human rights situation has not changed dramatically in the past few years, and is unlikely to change dramatically in the coming year.
		In November 2000, the Ibero-American Summit was held in Cuba, and a number of Latin American leaders met publicly with dissidents while there.
		WOLA-organized delegation to Cuba in April 2000, Representatives Moakley and McGovern of Massachusetts and WOLA Senior Associate Geoff Thale met with Elizardo Sánchez, a Cuban dissident and President of the leading human rights organization in Cuba, the Comisión Cubana de Derechos Humanos y Reconciliación Nacional.
	www.wola.org /cuba/cuba_hr_democracy.htm (270 words)

	Fausta's blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Of course Venezuela raps UN for Cuban human rights vote, but at least Argentina and Brazil rap Cuba on human rights.
		Castro has recently expressed optimism on the state of the island's economy, which is based primarily on improved trade relations with Venezuela and China and the recent discovery of offshore oil deposits.
		She points to the narrow slot on the door, for delivery of food, and in some dungeons the slots are positioned at different heights.
	badhairblog.blogspot.com /2005/04/human-rights-and-cuba-u.html (787 words)

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