11/06 | CUBAN RESISTANCE ASSEMBLY DENOUNCES SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND POLITICAL PRISON SENTENCE OF TWO CUBAN RESITANCE ACTIVISTS OF FRENTE NACIONAL DE RESISTENCIA CÍVICA ORLANDO ZAPATA TAMAYO AND ALIANZA DEMOCRÁTICA ORIENTAL
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09/29 | DEMANDING THE RELEASE OF CUBAN ARTIST DANILO MALDONADO "EL SEXTO” AND OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS FROM UNPACU.
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09/24 | Letter from Cuban Pro-Democracy Activists To the Congress of the United States
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09/24 | CUBAN DEMOCRATIC DIRECTORATE PRESS CONFERENCE SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
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09/18 | "HOLY FATHER, WE TOO ARE CUBA" HUNGER STRIKE RAMPS UP ACTIVIST CONTINUE HUNGER STRIKE ON THE EVE OF PAPAL VISIT
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08/13 | PRESS RELEASE CUBAN DEMOCRATIC DIRECTORATE: SUPPORTING THE GROUP MEETINGS FRENTE DE RESISTENCIA CÍVICA ORLANDO ZAPATA TAMAYO: “NO ARRIAREMOS LA DIGNIDAD” (NO CONCEDING OUR DIGNITY) FUNDACIÓN CUBA LIBRE: Protest Against Obama-Kerry failed policy on
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07/20 | “No Politics Without Principle” -Gandhi
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07/12 | SOS! LADIES IN WHITE ARRESTED ALONG WITH SCORES OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS FROM OTHER CUBAN RESISTANCE ORGANIZATIONS IN HAVANA, CUBA.
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07/06 | Violent beating of activist Antonio Rodiles by Cuban State Security. More than a hundred detainees between Ladies in White and human rights activists who participated in the twelfth Sunday march
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07/01 | STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE OPENING OF THE TOTALITARIAN CASTRO REGIME’S EMBASSY IN THE UNITED STATES.
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07/01 | ASSEMBLY OF THE CUBAN RESISTANCE WILL ISSUE A STATEMENT ON THE OPENING OF CASTRO’S EMBASSY IN THE UNITED STATES CUBAN RESISTANCE WILL ISSUE A REPORT ON THE LINK BETWEEN REPRESSION IN CUBA AND RAPPROCHEMENT WITH THE CASTRO REGIME BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATI
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06/19 | Former Cuban prisoner of conscience Ciro Alexis Perez Casanova arrested again and taken to an undisclosed location; alert the international community for his life.
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04/08 | Cuban Opposition leaders sign agreement for democratic transition in Cuba during unity symposium in Panama City
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03/19 | OAS PANEL ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA TODAY Activists to speak on the general human rights situation in Cuba today at the OAS Interamerican Human Rights Commission
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03/02 | “The Castro Regime cannot reform,” states Cuban resistance leader Juan Francisco Sigler Amaya at Geneva Human Rights Summit
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02/25 | “The Castro Regime cannot reform,” states Cuban resistance leader Juan Francisco Sigler Amaya at Geneva Human Rights Summit
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02/06 | Leaders of the Cuban Resistance request before the subcommittee of the U.S. Congress to support real efforts for the freedom of Cuba and not to lift the trade embargo on the dictatorship
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02/04 | Antúnez, Berta Soler and Sara Marta Fonseca will testify tomorrow at the Subcommittee on Global Human Rights in the US Congress
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01/23 | Statement by the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance in Light of the Obama-Castro Agreement
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01/10 | Releases of political prisoners initiated in Cuba: "This political prisoner goes out to fight for the rest who remain imprisoned"
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01/08 | Marcelino Abreu Bonora released after threats and confinement in Nieves Morejon prison
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01/07 | REPRESSION INTENSIFIES IN CUBA: They brutally beat and imprison opposition activist Marcelino Abreu Bonora
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12/19 | Rally for Democracy in Cuba Cuban Resistance Organizations inside and outside Cuba call for a community protest in Miami
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12/17 | Statement by the Cuban Democratic Directorate following the release of the Cuban regime’s terrorist spies in exchange for the American citizen Alan Gross
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10/30 | CUBA: Resistance Day marked by public protests and burning July 26th flags
Video link:
http://youtu.be/UoO7TOC_QS8?list=UU_03S3mllvDLTufpvuL5XKA
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10/29 | Warning call on Cuban prisoner of conscience and hit on hunger strike
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09/03 | GENOCIDE IN SYRIA:Free Syrians Will Denounce Assad’s Regime Tortures and Call for US Support in the Battle against ISIS and Assad
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07/08 | CUBA: Young Leaders Group, Center for a Free Cuba and the Cuban Democratic Directorate Call for Twenty Minutes of Silence for Twenty Years of Impunity
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07/07 | Cuba: Human Rights Foundation and Cuban Democratic Directorate call for Twenty Minutes of Silence for Twenty Years of Impunity
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06/26 | CUBAN OPOSITION LEADER JORGE LUÍS GARCÍA PÉREZ “ANTUNEZ” IN HOUSE ARREST
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06/19 | Leaders of the opposition across the island demand freedom for Antúnez .Document demands Castro Regime immediately free Antúnez
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06/18 | JORGE LUÍS GARCÍA PÉREZ “ANTUNEZ” SAVAGEALY BEATEN BY CASTRO’S REPRESSORS His wife makes a call to the International Community
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06/17 | Antúnez denounces torture and death threats against his person for "obstructing US-Cuba relations."
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06/13 | Antúnez denounces torture and death threats against his person for
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05/20 | CUBA: Economic changes cannot precede Individual Fundamental Freedoms
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04/28 | Increasing repression throughout Cuba as regime tries to disguise its international image
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02/12 | Antúnez arrested again and his home raided. Activists start hunger strike in solidarity with hunger and thirst strike. Rampant acts of civic defiance in support of strike demands
PLACETAS , Cuba , February 11, 2014 . Assembly of the Cuban Resistance. Home of Jorge Luís García Pérez “Antúnez”, National Secretary of the National Front for Civic Resistance Orlando Zapata Tamayo ( OZT Front) was again raided , ransacked and several activists arrested early Tuesday morning, February 11, 2014 . Antúnez declared himself on a hunger and thirst strike on February 10 |
02/11 | Cuba : Antúnez declares hunger and thirst strike. Demands an end to repressive measures against him and asks for solidarity
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02/05 | Antúnez, his wife Yris Pérez Aguilera violently arrested and their home invaded. Their whereabouts are unknown.
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02/05 | Cuban opposition leader Antúnez arrested with whereabouts unaccounted for. Witness to the arrest is released and recounts what took place.
“A senior official whose name I do not know said he did not know whether “Antúnez” will return or is going to prison " |
01/30 | International organizations, activists and parliamentarians call on the UN Secretary General about Cuba
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01/15 | Cuba – Physical attack against human rights defenders by state security forces
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09/27 | Position Statement of the Parliament of Poland Free Cuba Caucus
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09/27 | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT
Despite reform to migration law, Cuba continues to restrict freedoms of
expression, association and assembly and to hold prisoners of conscience
AI Index: AMR 25/007/2013 20 September 2013 |
07/09 | CAMPAIGN "I DO WANT" INCREASES IN CUBA WITH MARCHES, POSTERS AND ACTIVITIES
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07/09 | ANTI-GOVERNMENT POSTERS APPEAR AND PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS CARRIED OUT IN CUBA
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05/02 | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights publishes reports on suspicious deaths of dissidents in Cuba
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04/30 | CUBA: Organizations call upon international community on increased violence and deaths of human rights defenders prior to review of Cuba at UN
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03/25 | RUBIO & COLLEAGUES URGE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO INVESTIGATE DEATH OF CUBAN ACTIVIST OSWALDO PAYÁ
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02/15 | MEDIA RELEASE Cuba: Nine human rights defenders murdered, thousands of arrests, beatings and raids since Raul Castro has led the regime in Havana
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09/14 | Videos from Cuba Refutes Castro Regime Claims
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09/13 | CUBA: Civic Resistance Leader Antúnez in critical condition due to hunger strike in demand of freedom for imprisoned activist
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09/12 | CUBA: Arrests in Santa Clara, Sagua and Ciego de Avila during day of protests for freedom of imprisoned opposition activist. Twenty three activists on hunger strike.
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09/11 | CUBA: Civic Resistance Leader Antúnez calls for public protests demanding freedom for jailed activists and declares a hunger strike
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09/11 | CUBA: Sixteen hunger strikers join Antunez’s protest. Numerous arrests during public protests
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06/26 | German federal minister Schröder takes on sponsorship of political prisoner in Cuba
IGFM: Great symbol of universally valid human rights |
06/13 | Antúnez released under threat of prolonged imprisonment. He denounces racist aggressions by the Castro Regime.
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06/12 | Wife of Cuban Resistance Leader Antunez Demands to See Him. Authorities Say He Will Be Prosecuted.
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06/11 | Cuban Resistance Leader Antunez Missing After Arbitrary Arrest
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06/08 | ASSEMBLY OF THE CUBAN RESISTANCE ANNOUNCES A HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT THE SYRIAN PEOPLE
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05/30 | ASSEMBLY OF THE CUBAN RESISTANCE CONDEMNS MASSACRE IN HOULA
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05/23 | Dictatorship in Cuba questioned over both patterns of abuse and the deaths and mistreatment of specific activists
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05/09 | Syrian and Cuban resistance create a united front for freedom and democracy
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05/04 | Cuban Human Rights Defender Denounces Rape Threat by State Security Agents Against her 5-year-old Daughter
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03/27 | Center of Information will be reporting the repression in Cuba during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI
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03/27 | Leader Of Ladies In White Denounces That Only Communists Will Be Able To Participate In Holy Masses
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03/27 | Message of the Regime to the Resistance: “As soon as the Pope leaves, we are going to disappear all of you”
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03/21 | It is time for repression to cease in Cuba
Prominent international figures requesting an end to repression in Cuba. https://www.change.org/petitions/general-statement-it-is-time-for-repression-to-cease-in-cuba-2. @nytimesworld @rodnorland
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03/07 | Political prisoners in Guantanamo Prison on hunger strike demanding freedom
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03/02 | John Bolton, Former US Ambassador to the UN calls for international solidarity and resolve for the Cuban resistance movement
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01/26 | World Youth Movement for Democracy Demands Independent Investigation on Death of Cuban Prisoner of Conscience Villar Mendoza
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01/25 | ASSEMBLY OF THE CUBAN RESISTANCE SENT MESSAGE TO THE POPE AND DENOUNCES INCREASE OF REPRESSION IN CUBA
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01/20 | Cuban political prisoner on the brink of death in Santiago de Cuba. His wife denounces his critical situation
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11/30 | Cubans Protest in Havana against Castro Regime Lies
Hundreds of Cubans unite in resistance against agents of regime's repressive apparatus. Additional protests in other locations garner popular support.
Audio from Cuba documenting the protest
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09/29 | Whereabouts of opposition leader Yris Pérez Aguilera and other detained activists unknown
National Front issues call to international community. Sara Marta Fonseca Quevedo remains under arrest. A summary of arrests as of the moment.
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09/29 | Dissidents Urge UN to Expel China, Cuba, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia from Human Rights Council & Women's Rights Commission
Draft UNGA resolutions sent to SG Ban Ki-moon and rights chief Navi Pillay on human rights situations in China, Cuba, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Venezuela, Zimbabwe |
09/27 | Leader of Daring August Protest on Steps of Havana’s Historic Capitol Building Arrested, to be Prosecuted by Cuban Regime
Sarah Marta Fonseca Quevedo detained along with other members of the pro-freedom Cuban Resistance |
09/21 | Former Cuban Prisoner of Conscience Testifies on Human Rights Violations During Parallel Summit as World Leaders Meet in UN General Assembly
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08/24 | Women of the Cuban Resistance Launch Appeal to Defend Women Suffering Repression at the Hands of the Cuban Regime
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07/06 | Cuba's Pro-Freedom Resistance Gains Recognition and Solidarity from Global Political Alliance and International Youth
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06/30 | Global Lawmakers Forum Recognizes National Front for Civic Resistance as a Legitimate Representative of the Cuban People's Freedom Struggle
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05/26 | Protest in Cuba to demand whereabouts of detained and beaten activists
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05/26 | Increased repression in Cuba against human rights defenders
Yris Tamara Pérez Aguilera, Rosa Parks Feminist Movement leader whereabouts unknown |
05/20 | Defending Human Rights at the UN Human Rights Council
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05/10 | Cuban Resistance Seeks Support for Democracy Struggle, Condemns Murder of Activist, During High Level Diplomatic Meetings in Washington
Ambassadors of Hungary, Estonia, and Lithuania to Meet Cuban Resistance Delegation |
03/28 | Cuban Resistance Protests at Havana’s Capitol Building as Jimmy Carter Begins Cuba Visit
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03/21 | Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina to be Tried. His Brother Rolando Rodríguez Lobaina Detained and Threatened with Prison
Most significant trial of a pro-democracy leader in Cuba since the 2003 Black Spring crackdown |
03/14 | World-Renowned Tiananmen Square Dissident to Address Tomorrow’s Geneva Rights Summit, Co-Hosted by Directorio
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02/23 | One Year Later: Cuban Democratic Directorate Condemns Murder of Orlando Zapata Tamayo by Castro Regime
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02/23 | Repression and Dozens of Arrests in Cuba as the Resistance Holds “Zapata Lives!” Marches
Antúnez and other leaders arrested for honoring Zapata |
02/21 | Directorio to Publish Real-Time Updates from Cuba on Twitter During Week Marking Anniversaries
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11/23 | Norwegian Youth Petition to Demand Freedom for Cuban Political Prisoners
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11/10 | Regime orders beatings for Reina Tamayo and does not release prisoners of conscience
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11/01 | Violent attacks against ‘Zapata Vive’ March in Holguin end in beatings and arrests of Reina Tamayo and activists
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10/28 | Independent Journalist and Youth Activist Violently Arrested after National Civic Resistance Front Meeting
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10/07 | To the European Union: A Letter from the Cuban Resistance
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09/22 | Directorio presents: From Dissidence to Resistance, From Resistance to the Republic
To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of its work supporting the Cuban resistance |
09/07 | Mission Seeks Greater European Solidarity for the Cuban Resistance
Former Prisoner of Conscience and Delegation from the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance Meet with German Foreign Ministry Latin America Official |
09/05 | Resistance to the regime is here to stay
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08/31 | Political prisoner reaches 62 days on hunger strike
“I will not yield, under any circumstance” |
08/26 | Protestors in Havana Demand Release of New Political Prisoners
Three members of the Cuban Resistance arrested before the Provincial Tribunal in Havana for protesting against detainments at the University of Havana and Baracoa |
08/19 | Cuban Youth Movement for Democracy Members Request International Solidarity
Violent crackdown on Cuban youth activists in Baracoa, Cuba by Cuban State Security. A woman 8 months pregnant is strip searched and abused. Brothers Néstor & Rolando Rodríguez Lobaina are 2 of the 5 detained activists. Activists began hunger strike on August 12. Their number will increase on Monday, August 23, the 6 month anniversary of Orlando Zapata Tamayo’s death. |
08/11 | Amnesty International Calls for Urgent Action for Reina Tamayo Danger
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08/10 | Wave of Arrests against Cuba's Internal Resistance Confirm Raul Castro's Will to Repress
Opposition activists receive SMS text message with a Raul Castro quote: “There will be no impunity. The streets and squares belong and will continue to belong to revolutionaries.” |
05/16 | In Cuba, Repression, Arbitrary Arrests, Secret Police Raids, and Opposition Activism mark Orlando Zapata Tamayo's Birthday
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04/21 | Open Letter from Cuba Activists attending the 6th Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy
From left to right: John Suarez, Cuban Democratic Directorate; Orlando Gutierrez, Cuban Democratic Directorate; Joel Brito International, International Group for Corporate Social Responsibility in Cuba;
Eliecer Consuegra Rivas, Eastern Democratic Alliance.
Orlando Gutierrez Boronat
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04/12 | United in Sorrow with Poland
Mass to be celebrated in memory of crash victims Friday, April 16 in Miami |
03/31 | Ladies in White Supporter Gravely Ill, Violently Attacked and Denied Medical Attention
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03/30 | Mother of murdered prisoner of conscience calls for “Zapata Lives” marches across Cuba
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03/18 | On 7th Anniversary of Black Spring Crackdown, Exiles Urged to Support Resistance in Cuba
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03/10 | Leading Cuba Opposition Activist, Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina, Arbitrarily Arrested in Havana
Néstor was arrested on his way to the Ministry of Justice to protest against his being blocked from participating in the 2nd Geneva Summit for Human Rights, Tolerance, and Democracy |
03/09 | Geneva Summit Spotlights Cuba Democracy Movement while Considering Global Rights Situation
800 Victims, Dissidents, Activists, Diplomats Participating From 67 Countries; Special Focus on Internet Freedom |
03/05 | Castro Regime Interrupts UN Debate on Former Political Prisoner Barred From Geneva Conference
30 Rights Groups Urge UN Rights Chief to Protest Cuban Restraint on Rights Defender |
03/03 | The Cuban Democratic Directorate Responds to the Malicious Lies Spread by Castro Regime Media
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03/02 | Fiancé of Neda, Iran's Slain ‘Angel of Freedom,’ Heading to Geneva Rights Summit
Caspian Makan to protest Iranian government brutality |
02/25 | Cuban Resistance Activists March in Murdered Prisoner of Conscience’s Hometown During his Burial
Orlando Zapata Tamayo's mother, Reina Luisa Tamayo Danger Says: “[Raúl Castro] is a cynic! I will not stand for him to send me messages.” |
02/24 | Mother of Murdered Cuban Prisoner of Conscience Brings His Remains to Eastern Cuba Home Despite Secret Police Deployment
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02/23 | Cuban Democratic Directorate Condemns Murder of Orlando Zapata Tamayo by Castro Regime
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02/21 | Cuban Democracy Activist to Address Geneva Rights Summit chaired by Havel and Walesa
Dissidents, Ex-Political Prisoners, to Call for Internet Freedom; 25 NGOs Co-Sponsor |
02/19 | Cuban Prisoner of Conscience Orlando Zapata Tamayo in Critical Condition, Whereabouts Unknown
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02/16 | CUBA: Prisoner of conscience being transferred to Havana in critical condition after 76 days on hunger strike
Zapata Tamayo’s mother calls for new nonviolent actions to save her son’s life |
02/03 | Cuban Democratic Directorate Co-Sponsors Global Summit on Human Rights, Tolerance, and Democracy
The 2nd Geneva Summit will take place in parallel with the upcoming session of the United Nations Human Rights Council |
02/02 | Alarming Details about Repression in Cuba Revealed in Report by Havana-based Human Rights Monitor
Over 1,000 cases of political repression, the deaths of 106 Cuban citizens under regime custody, and the resurgence of violent “acts of repudiation” marked the rights situation in 2009 |
02/02 | Cuban Venezuelan Democracy Front:
Leaders from both countries promise to support civic resistance against the Castro-Chavez Axis |
01/20 | UPDATED: Norwegian Lawmakers Organize to Support Cuban Political Prisoner
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12/17 | 90 Members of Polish Parliament Adopt 90 Cuban Political Prisoners
Will support families, advocate for prisoners’ release |
12/03 | Cuban American Elected to International Youth Political Council
Aramis L. Perez, 25: “My vice-chairmanship will help connect freedom activists in Cuba with the international community.” |
12/03 | Human Rights Activists Survey State of Human Rights in the World on International Human Rights Day
Activists from around the world have confirmed participation at forum in Miami with a global focus on plight of political prisoners, victims of extrajudicial killings & summary executions |
11/25 | Cuban Exile Delegation will Participate as International Observers During Elections in Honduras
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11/16 | UPDATED: International Human Rights Activists Unite for a Free Cuba 20 Years after Freedom’s Arrival in Czechoslovakia
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11/06 | Directorio Condemns Torture and Extrajudicial Executions in Cuba before Inter-Amercian Commission on Human Rights
The full text of Directorio’s Adjunct National Secretary Janisset Rivero’s presentation before the Commission is included as a PDF file.
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11/04 | National Civic Resistance Front Established in Cuba
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10/23 | Cuban-Americans Rally Support for Honduras
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09/28 | Imprisoned Opposition Activist Hospitalized after Weeks on Hunger Strike
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09/23 | Cuban Prisoner of Conscience Iván Hernández Carrillo to be Honored with Pedro Luis Boitel Freedom Award
Carl Gershman, President of the National Endowment for Democracy, to Give Keynote Address |
09/14 | March in Santa Clara Demands End to Repression, Surprises Secret Police
Message to the dictatorship: No more impunity. Message to Juanes: Moreso than concerts, we need freedom |
09/11 | Political Prisoner’s Wife Condemns Unjust Treatment of Her Husband
Political prisoner Librado Linares García, sentenced to 20 years in prison during the 2003 Black Spring crackdown is subject to arbitrary and degrading treatment |
09/10 | Opposition Leader Antúnez Vows Continued Activism, Decries Arrest and Intimidation
Blames Detainment on Climate of Increased Repression before Juanes Concert |
09/08 | Young Cubans Call for National Forum on Democracy and Economics on the Island
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08/31 | Recently Released Young Cuban Democracy Activist: On with the Struggle!
Former political prisoner Yordis García Fournier’s statement shortly after his release from Combinado de Guantánamo prison, where he served an unjust sentence of one year. |
08/24 | Young Political Prisoner Nearing End of Sentence Threatened with New Charges
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08/24 | Cuban Resistance in Santa Clara Marches for Freedom at “Ernesto 'Che' Guevara” Revolution Square
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08/19 | Cuban Prisoner of Conscience Enters Fourth Week on Hunger Strike
Sister declares solidarity strike after being repressed by Communist authorities |
08/13 | From Cuba: A Call to Action in Solidarity with Political Prisoners
The Cuban Democratic Directorate disseminates this urgent appeal from activists on the island |
08/07 | Series of International Events Mark Cuban Resistance Day
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07/29 | Cuban Resistance Day- 15th Anniversary of the August 5th, 1994 Maleconazo Freedom Uprising
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07/27 | Cuban City Covered in Anti-Regime Messages on Communist Holiday
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07/24 | Two Democracy Award Winners Arbitrarily Detained and Placed Under House Arrest
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06/23 | NED- 2009 Democracy Award Will Honor Cuban Dissidents on June 24
Five honorees represent a new and diverse generation of democratic activists |
06/23 | Leading Activists Arrested on Eve of Major Award to Cuban Democratic Resistance
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06/22 | “WE ALL ARE THE RESISTANCE” Campaign Launches in Cuba and Abroad
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06/15 | CUBA: Alarming Statistics of Human Rights Violations in First Half of 2009
Activists in Cuba document over 500 political arrests, at least 26 trials and prison sentences of peaceful opposition activists and a high prison mortality rate |
06/10 | Former Cuban Political Prisoner Denounces Human Rights Violations at UN Council
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06/02 | CUBA IN THE OAS: The Cuban Resistance Meets with Insulza and Receives Accreditation for General Assembly Opening
Members of the Assembly of the Resistance hand deliver a letter signed by 694 Cubans on the Island to General Secretary Insulza |
06/01 | In Honduras, Cuban Resistance Demands Recognition by OAS Permanent Council
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05/27 | Cuban Resistance Satisfied with 2009 Pedro Luis Boitel Activism Memorial
Activists violently arrested in Havana on their way to a symbolic burial were subsequently released |
05/20 | Solidarity with the People of Cuba: The Struggle for Freedom Continues
Bertha Antunez Delivers a Message from the Cuban People |
05/19 | DDC and Activists: Free Aung San Suu Kyi
Statement from International Human Rights Activists Calls for UN, ASEAN Intervention for Nobel Laureate |
05/18 | Cuban Democratic Resistance Denounces the Possible Readmission of Castro Regime to the OAS
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05/14 | Victims of Repression in Cuba Call for Answers from Costa Rican President Oscar Arias
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05/13 | Castro Regime Pressures Costa Rican Government to Cancel Forum on Democracy and Human Rights in Cuba
The Assembly of the Resistance States that the Event Will Take Place, No Matter What |
05/12 | Cuban Leader Antúnez Announces Move Beyond Fasting Protest to New Phase of Action for Freedom
Statement from Antúnez and the Placetas Fasters |
05/06 | Cuban Resistance Leader “Antúnez” Writes to Congressional Black Caucus
Letter to U.S. Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA), Laura Richardson (D-CA) and Bobby Rush (D-ILL) to be delivered today, May 6, 2009, in Washington, DC by Antúnez’s sister, Bertha Antúnez Pernet: |
05/05 | Cuban Activists Oppose Castro Regime Candidacy for UN Human Rights Council
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04/30 | Leaders of the Cuban Resistance Arrested in Eastern Cuba
Néstor and Rolando Rodríguez Lobaina being held at State Security Headquarters in Guantánamo. Keyber Rodríguez missing. |
04/23 | International Letter of Support for Antunez and Freedom in Cuba
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04/23 | International Pro-Democracy Leaders Support Cuban Activist Antúnez as Fast Protest Enters 66th Day
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04/19 | Directorio at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights, Tolerance and Democracy
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04/13 | Geneva Summit for Human Rights, Tolerance and Democracy
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04/08 | Global Signature Campaign in Support of Democracy Movement in Cuba
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04/08 | Activists on Weeks Long Fast Appeal for Urgent Medical Attention
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04/03 | Letter to President Obama from human rights activists in Cuba
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04/01 | Eight prisoners on hunger strike in Guantanamo
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03/31 | Amnesty International Calls for Urgent Action for Cuban Activists
Leading Activist Antúnez and Others “In Grave Danger” |
03/31 | Additional Latin American Leaders Join in Solidarity with Antúnez
Campaign Supporting the Placetas Protesters Goes International |
03/25 | Political Police Deploy Toxic Substance against Activists
Fasting Activists Condemn Violence; Support Spreads among Cubans |
03/25 | Radio República Launches Website and Blog
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03/23 | Diaz-Balart calls attention to Antunez’ hunger strike, supports Cuban pro-democracy leaders on House floor
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03/18 | International Youth Organization Supports Cuban Resistance, Commemorates March 18th Crackdown
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03/18 | Cuban Exile Organizations Establish the Assembly of the Resistance
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03/18 | Young Uruguayans Support Antúnez, Cuban Political Prisoners
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03/17 | Assembly of the Resistance Facts
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03/17 | Demonstration in Dominican Republic Supports Cuban Resistance
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03/13 | URGENT: Leading Opposition Activist Antúnez Hospitalized on 25th Day of Hunger Strike
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03/11 | CUBA: Activists supporting hunger strike in Placetas initiate a sit-in in front of government institutions of the country
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03/10 | Cuban State Security Agents Arrest Three Activists Supporting Placetas Hunger Strike
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03/10 | Support the hunger strikers rights activists in Cuba!
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03/04 | Cuban Activist Hospitalized due to Hunger Strike Arrested by Political Police
Protest Reaches 16th Day |
03/04 | Statement from Placetas Hunger Strikers on Recent Raul Castro Regime Announcement
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03/04 | Letter from the Vice President of the Norwegian Conservative Party (Høyre) to the Cuban Embassy Regarding the Placetas Hunger Strike
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02/24 | Cuban Rights Activist Hospitalized in Serious Condition
Leading Activist Antúnez Says Hunger Strike to Continue |
02/11 | Coming Soon: Geneva Summit for Tolerance, Human Rights and Democracy
http://www.genevasummit.org/ |
02/07 | Solidarity with the Jewish Community in Venezuela and a Call for Tolerance
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01/26 | CUBA: Human Rights Organizations in Cuba Send Violations Reports to United Nations Council
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01/21 | Castro Regime Represses Opposition Activist Invited to Watch Obama Inauguration
Repression Increases against Youth in Eastern Cuba |
01/16 | International Young Democrat Union Resolves to Support Cuban Resistance
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11/26 | CUBAN YOUTH LEADER SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS IMPRISONMENT
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11/25 | Political Prisoner Released on Medical Parole
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11/18 | Political Prisoner Successfully Concludes Hunger Strike
Zapata Tamayo Transferred as García Fournier’s Strike and National Support Movement Continue |
11/05 | Crackdown against Activists in Santiago and Guantánamo while Political Prisoners Continue Weeks-Long Hunger Strikes
Student Leader Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina and Twelve Others Detained in Last 48 hours |
10/29 | Campaign against Impunity Launched in Cuba
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10/13 | Exiles Condemn Rise in Political Repression after Hurricanes in Cuba
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10/01 | Cuban Youth Activist Arbitrarily Arrested
Julián Antonio Monés Borrero Denied Contact with Family, Fellow Activists |
09/29 | Cuban Youth Honored with 2008 Pedro Luis Boitel Freedom Award
Recently Exiled Young Activist Eliécer Consuegra Rivas Accepts on behalf of Cuban Youth Opposition Movement |
09/17 | Repression Intensifies against Young Opposition Activists from Eastern Cuba
Rolando Rodríguez Lobaina and Fellow Activist Arrested in Baracoa |
09/15 | Cuban Democratic Directorate Presents Testimony of Hurricane Victims at United Nations
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09/12 | Cuban Democratic Directorate Calls for Massive Humanitarian Aid to Cuba
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09/09 | To the International Community: The Cuban Regime Must Accept Humanitarian Aid
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09/09 | Message from the Cuban Democratic Directorate to the People of Cuba
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09/03 | Youth Arbitrarily Detained in Guantanamo
Prison authorities use tear gas to silence their anti-government slogans |
09/02 | Cuban Authorities Ratify Accusation against Afro-Cuban Human Rights Activist
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08/22 | Young Cubans March on Anniversary of 1968 Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
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08/20 | Young Norwegians Gather Over 300 Signatures for the Release of Cuban Political Prisoners
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08/20 | Cuban Opposition Activist Perseveres to Defend the Rights of the Cuban People
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08/15 | URGENT: Violent Arrests of Cuban Opposition Activists in Revolution Square Protest
Hunger-Striker Iris Tamara Pérez Aguilera among the Detained |
08/06 | Jailed Cuban Journalist Vows to Renew Hunger Strike, Stitch Mouth Shut
Statements made by Amnesty International prisoner of conscience Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta from Holguín Provincial Prison in Cuba. |
08/05 | International Center-Right Youth Organizations and Political Parties Support Cuban Freedom
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07/31 | CUBA: Human Rights Activists Rally at Prison for Hunger Striking Journalist in Critical Condition
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07/31 | URGENT: Activist Sit-In to Support Jailed Journalist’s Hunger Strike Violently Broken Up; 22 Arrested
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07/29 | URGENT: Life of Hunger Striking Cuban Political Prisoner in Danger
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07/25 | Cuban Activist at UN Condemns Systematic Torture, Seeks Support for Political Prisoners
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07/25 | Jailed Cuban Journalist Sews Mouth Shut to Protest Prison Conditions
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07/22 | Rev. Al Sharpton Calls for the Freedom of Afro-Cuban Political Prisoners and Democracy Activists at New York Demonstration
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07/17 | New Arrests in Continuing Repression against Young Cubans
Student Activists Detained in Eastern Cuba |
07/11 | Cuban Student Leader is Granted Right to Travel After Succeeding in Hunger Strike
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07/10 | Cuban Special Forces Storm Student Leader’s Home
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07/09 | Mobs Led by Cuban Secret Police Besiege Student Leader’s Home
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07/07 | Cuban Student Leader Launches Hunger Strike for Rights
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07/03 | Harsh Repression Against Cuban Civic Opposition Movement
Numerous Activists Arrested, Including Former Amnesty International Prisoners of Conscience |
07/02 | Former President of Uruguay Supports Cuban Freedom and Reconstruction
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06/25 | CUBA: Antúnez and Other Activists Resume Protest and Sit-in at State Security Headquarters in Matanzas
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06/25 | Cuban Regime Breaks up Human Rights March by Gay Activists
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06/20 | Cuban Human Rights Activists Arrested Mere Hours after European Sanctions Lifted
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06/20 | Statement by Cuban Exile Organizations on European Union Sanctions Decision
European Union removes sanction against the Raúl Castro Regime, with strong conditions on human rights issues |
06/17 | Europeans and Democracy in Cuba
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06/16 | URGENT: Cuban University Student Leader Arrested after Requesting Havana Meeting with Uruguayan President
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06/16 | Norwegian Lawmaker Supports Freedom for Cuban Political Prisoners
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06/11 | Successful Hunger Strike by Cuban Political Prisoner
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06/04 | CUBA: Female Student Beaten and Expelled for Wearing a CAMBIO (CHANGE) Bracelet
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06/04 | Young Cubans Remember Chinese Students Massacred at Tiananmen Square
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06/02 | Christian Minister and His Family Brutally Beaten
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05/28 | Cuban Opposition Activists Take to the Streets to Commemorate Student Martyr’s Death in Spite of Harsh Repression
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05/25 | CUBA: Political Police Besiege Dissidents in Crackdown at Close of Boitel Activism Memorial
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05/25 | UPDATED: Violent Crackdown, Arrests of Opposition Activists at Close of Boitel Activism Memorial in Cuba
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05/20 | Cuban Political Prisoner Defies Guards in Dramatic Phone Recording
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05/19 | Over a Thousand Young Latin Americans Attend Concert for a Free Cuba
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05/19 | Latin American and Caribbean Youth Leaders Demand Freedom for Cuban Political Prisoners at Cuban Embassy in Panama
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05/16 | Opposition Activists Demonstrate in Cuba at the Tomb of Student Martyr Pedro Luis Boitel
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05/15 | The International Group for Corporate Social Responsibility in Cuba Celebrated it’s IV Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica
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05/15 | UPDATED: The “Pedro Luis Boitel Activism Memorial” Begins with Numerous Activities Inside Cuba
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05/14 | Directorio Responds to Cuban American National Foundation Smear Campaign
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05/14 | Directorio Responds to Cuban Ambassador to Norway
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05/07 | Official Non-Cooperation Campaign Site Updated with Calendar of Activities for “Twelve Days of World Solidarity with Cuba”
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05/07 | Exiles Join “Twelve Days of World Solidarity for Cuba: Toward the Republic” Campaign to Support Pedro Luis Boitel Activism Memorial in Cuba
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05/06 | Campaign for the Adoption of Cuban Political Prisoners Reaches Sweden
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05/03 | Cuban Democratic Directorate Thanks Salvadoran President for Supporting Freedom for Cuba
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04/30 | Launch of “Friends of a Democratic Cuba” Website
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04/30 | Letter from Antúnez to Raúl Castro on Torture in Cuba
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04/23 | International Campaign for the Adoption of Cuban Prisoners of Conscience Re-launched in Norway
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04/21 | Ladies in White Demand Freedom for Political Prisoners at Revolution Square, Raúl Castro’s Regime Cracks Down
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04/14 | Sickbed Attack on Political Prisoner Normando Hernández in Havana
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04/10 | Anti-government Signs Appear in Havana
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04/10 | Antúnez Renews Call to Campaign “Dignified and Decent Housing for Every Cuban”
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04/02 | URGENT: Directorio Opposes Dialogue with General Raul Castro Proposed by the Christian Democrat Organization of America
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04/02 | Activists continue to suffer under tourist apartheid
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04/02 | Cuban Physician, Prisoner of Conscience, Suffers Tortures at the Hands of Common Prisoners
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03/27 | Commemorative Activities in Cuba on the V Anniversary of the Black Spring
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03/27 | Dominican Youth Remember the Cuban Black Spring
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03/19 | Antigovernment Signs Appear in Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba
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03/19 | Uruguayan Youth Committee for Democracy in Cuba remembers victims of the Black Spring in Cuba
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03/12 | CUBAN DEMOCRATIC DIRECTORATE PRESENTS REPORTS ON TORTURE AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN CUBA
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03/11 | CUBAN OPPOSITION LEADER “ANTÚNEZ” BEGINS HUNGER STRIKE
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03/05 | CUBA VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS COVENANT:
Prisoner of conscience is victim of trial without due process |
02/27 | Activists in Sancti Spíritus Beaten After Carrying-Out a Public March
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02/20 | CUBA: Opposition Speaks in Regards to Fidel Castro’s Resignation
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02/19 | Cuban Democratic Directorate’s position on Dictator Fidel Castro’s Resignation
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02/06 | Anti-government slogans and posters continue to appear throughout Cuba
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01/30 | Activists in Cuba offer homage to the apostle José Martí
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01/23 | “I Do Not Cooperate with the Dictatorship” Stickers appear in Antilla, Holguin
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01/17 | International Community Condemns the Electoral Farce Taking Place in Cuba
Leaders from Europe and Latin America sign Declaration of Support for Multiparty Elections in Cuba. Among them the governing Centre Party, from Sweden, the Popular Party, from Spain, the Conservative Party of Great Britain and the Conservative Party of Norway
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01/16 | Signs and Stickers Asking for Democratic Change Increase in Cuba
Cubans make a call to not cooperate with the dictatorship |
01/11 | Opposition March Gains Popular Support
Homage Given to Opposition leader Miguel Valdes Tamayo in Havana |
01/09 | Despite Threats, Cuban Political Prisoners Use CAMBIO Bracelets
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01/02 | A call for an International Campaign for Cuban Political Prisoner in grave state of health.
Family of Omar Pernet Hernandez denounces his situation and call for solidarity |
01/02 | A Prayer for all those who fight for Human Rights in Cuba
Members of multiple Cuban exile organizations attend a Mass and candle light vigil for the liberty of Cuba |
01/01 | Activists Demand the Release of all Political Prisoners in Cuba:
Various Cubans wearing CAMBIO shirts imprisoned after carrying out a peaceful march in Villa Clara |
12/26 | Repression Against Students
Youth that promote university autonomy are arrested in Baracoa and Guantanamo |
12/26 | Mass Held in Support of Those Who Struggle For Freedom in Cuba
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12/05 | Student Activists Arrested for Academic Freedom Petition Transferred from Havana to Eastern Cuba
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12/05 | UPDATED: Eighteen Activists Arrested in Santiago de Cuba
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11/28 | Human Rights Activists in Havana Carry Out a Sit-in in Demand for Freedom of Beaten Activist
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11/27 | Cuban University Students Present Five Thousand Signature Petition for University Autonomy
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11/23 | CUBA: URGENT APPEAL TO INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC OPINION, TO HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERMENTS WORLWIDE
Cuban government repressive forces brutally beat members of families who live in a poor neighborhood in Havana and destroyed the furniture and personal belongings of a human rights defender. The activists arrested are threatened with being prosecuted
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11/15 | Political Prisoner Pacheco Ávila In Critical State of Health
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11/13 | U.N. Chief Urged to Investigate Official's Complicity With Undercover Castro Agents
"Until Mr. Ban and Ms. Arbour take action, Jean Ziegler's unethical conduct will cast a shadow upon the reputation and integrity of all the independent experts" -- Hillel Neuer, UN Watch |
11/11 | Activists’ Crossed Arms Mean “YO NO” (Not I)
Julio César López Rodríguez, National Coordinator of the Frank País 30th of November Democratic Party |
11/07 | AMID INCREASED REPRESSION, EXILES LAUNCH CIVIC RESISTANCE HOTLINE
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10/31 | Young Cubans Arrested for Protesting Electoral Farce
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10/31 | Youth Members of Central American and Mexican Liberal Parties Support Freedom for Cuba
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10/24 | Young Latin Americans Pray for Cubans Fasting for Freedom
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10/19 | Cuban University Activists Hold Memorial at Fallen Student Leader’s Tomb
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10/17 | Political Prisoners Honored with Pedro Luis Boitel Freedom Award
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10/12 | President of the Cuban Democratic Directorate presents the Non-Cooperation Campaign to President George W. Bush
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10/10 | Cuban political prisoner's wife meets with President Bush and speaks before the OAS
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10/07 | Uruguayan youth festival calls for free elections in Cuba
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10/01 | The Cuban Democratic Opposition Launches a NO to False Elections in Cuba
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09/28 | Resistance Increases in Cuba: released non-violent human rights activists denounce abuses by State Security Officials
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09/27 | Antúnez and other activists disappear in Havana
Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello carries out a sit-in in front of the Department of Justice in Havana: Activists are detained and their whereabouts are unknown |
09/26 | "Proclamation for the Liberal Unity of Cuba" receives solidarity in Latin America
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09/26 | Salvadorian Leaders Offer Their Solidarity to the Cuban opposition
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09/26 | Peaceful March in Camagüey for Freedom of Political Prisoners
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09/19 | Widespread Appearance of Non Cooperation Stickers Startles Secret Police
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09/19 | Fasts for freedom of political prisoners, in support of the non-cooperation campaign, and in rejection of the electoral sham proposed by the regime, increase nationwide
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09/19 | Activist brutally beaten and left unconscious after offering support to participants of national fast.
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09/13 | Antúnez speaks, from Havana, before a parallel forum during the sixth session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
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09/12 | Directorio’s National Secretary Challenges “La Mesa Redonda” on Radio República
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09/07 | Human Rights Activists Fast in Cuba to Confront Repression for Wearing “Cambio” T-shirts
Latin-American Leaders Support Their Demand for Freedom |
09/05 | Cuban Opposition Leader Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina Detained and Threatened in Baracoa
“We are not going to allow any physical attacks against us. We are not terrorists and we will resist the Cuban regime’s terrorism.” |
08/31 | Poland: Opposition Leaders in Cuba and in Exile Sign Agreement for Democracy in Cuba
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08/29 | HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DETAINED AND BEATEN IN CAMAGÜEY
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08/22 | REPRESSION INCREASES IN CUBAN PRISONS
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08/20 | Cuban Independent Journalist Condemns Prison Abuse Upon Release
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08/15 | Fast continues despite repression
Human Rights activists fast for freedom for political prisoners and in support of the non cooperation campaign |
08/14 | Released Independent Labor Activist: “There is a Better World, and it is not Fidel Castro’s Dictatorship.”
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08/10 | POLITICAL PRISONER FRANCISCO CHAVIANO RELEASED IN HAVANA
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08/09 | CUBANS FAST FOR NONCOOPERATION CAMPAIGN
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08/08 | The Exile Community Actively Supports the “Day of Support of the Non Cooperation with the Dictatorship”
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08/08 | Cuban Police Brutality Causes 4 Prisoner Deaths
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08/01 | Cuban exile organizations announce “Day of support for Non Cooperation”
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08/01 | The Union of Cubans in Exile Honors Cuban Democratic Directorate Youth
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07/25 | Directorio presents report on Cuban political prisoners to OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
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07/25 | Con el alma cautiva, a collection of poems by former prisoner of conscience Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina presented at the University of Miami
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07/25 | The Cuban Pro Human Rights Party affiliated to the Andrei Sakharov Foundation, celebrates its 19th anniversary
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07/18 | René Montes de Oca Martijas speaks through Radio República
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07/18 | Human rights activists pay tribute to the victims of the March 13th Tugboat Massacre
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07/09 | State Caves before Former Political Prisoner’s Hunger Strike
Antúnez Demanded Restoration of Rights to Housing |
07/04 | Independent Journalist Armando Betancourt Avoids Additional Sentence
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07/04 | Antúnez on Hunger Strike
Former Political Prisoner Demands to Return to his Home |
07/04 | The Regime Threatens: “The next one to commit suicide will be you!”
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06/27 | Antúnez Speaks from Cuba before Public Forum of ODCA about the Importance of Non-Cooperation
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06/26 | Delegation of Free Cubans Meets with Hungarian Foreign Minister and Leaders of Opposition Parties in Budapest
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06/19 | Polítical Prisoner Osvaldo Rams de la Cruz on Hunger Strike
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06/19 | Signs of Non-Cooperation Appear in Havana
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06/19 | Historic Peaceful March for Political Prisoner in Camagüey
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06/13 | Costa Rican Representatives Join in Solidarity with Cuban Political Prisoners
During a conference, a photograph exposition in tribute to the Ladies in White is inaugurated |
06/13 | Father of Assassinated Danish Youth Speaks During Parallel Forum at the United Nations Human Rights Council
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06/13 | Chilean Senate Condemns the Violation of Human Rights by the Governments of Cuba and Venezuela.
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06/12 | Daughter of Cuban Political Prisoner Testifies Before the United Nations
Lizi Chaviano Denounces Repression Against Political Prisoners in Cuba |
05/28 | A pesar de fuerte represión activistas salen a las de Cuba y conmemoran la muerte de Pedro Luis Boitel
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05/23 | Opposition protest threat cancels dissident’s trial
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05/14 | Cuban opposition leaders create rapporteur council to denounce human rights violations
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05/11 | Costa Rican government offers humanitarian visa to Cuban political prisoner
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05/09 | Urgent Appeal for Cuban Political Prisoner’s Life
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05/01 | Summit in Berlin lays a foundation for a common policy toward Cuba
Latinamerica, United States and Europe agree on the need for democratic change on the island |
05/01 | Cuban Political Prisoners Propose ‘Freedom Project’
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04/30 | New form of non-cooperation takes place in Cuba
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04/24 | International Initiatives at Berlin Summit for Cuban Democracy
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04/23 | Cuban political prisoner Antúnez released
“We must fight for the freedom of all Cuban political prisoners” |
04/18 | Independent Journalist Perseveres Despite Racism, Repression
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04/16 | The Cuban Democratic Directorate Supports Opposition Movement’s Unity Declaration
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04/11 | Spanish press and political leaders speak out against the “Moratinos deal”
Aznar speaks out |
04/03 | Cuban Stars Shine for Non-cooperation Movement
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03/28 | Federation of Cuban Women unmasked in Geneva
Activists who defend human rights in Cuba confront representatives of the dictatorship at the UN Human Rights Council |
03/27 | Cuban resistance commemorates March 18
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03/19 | Latin America joins Cuba’s struggle for freedom
Young Latin-American activists demand liberty for Cuban political prisoners |
03/08 | Activists from the island and exile present human rights abuses committed against women in Cuba
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02/27 | U.S. business sector focuses on Cuba
Two conferences in two weeks on the role of the private sector in a changing Cuba
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02/26 | Exile organizations call for national mourning for Mario Chanes de Armas
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02/18 | Political prisoner, Francisco Chaviano González, in critical state of health
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02/14 | Communist Party members denounce violence against human rights activists
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02/12 | Cuban reality exposed in Norway
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02/09 | Twist of events at independent journalist’s trial
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02/06 | 13 year-old girl detained and threatened
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02/01 | Prisoners rebel in demand for better treatment
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01/31 | The Christian Democrat Organization of America takes a stand on Cuba during international conference
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01/29 | Signs in Cuba call for change
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01/22 | Independent journalist will have a trial after 8 months of detention
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01/13 | Young Cubans Defy Police Brutality
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01/08 | Political Prisoner Receives Award from Young Cuban Journalists
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12/18 | Peruvian youth hold demonstration outside Cuban embassy
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12/18 | Antigovernmental signs appear on major Cuban highway
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12/07 | Pedro Luis Boitel Freedom Prize Awarded to People of Madruga, Cuba
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11/30 | Repression Against Members of the Resistance in Western Cuba Intensifies. Activist Released in Critical Health. Other Detainees Remain on Hunger Strike
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