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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 Geneva – During the fourth session of the UN Human Rights Council, Osvaldo Alfonso Valdés, former Cuban political prisoner and member of Liberal International along with “The representative from the Federation of Cuban Women attempted to divert the discussion concerning human rights violations against peaceful activists in Osvaldo Alfonso Valdés explained how in Cuba, these mass organizations, which now have the facade of NGO’s, are part of the totalitarian regime’s repressive machinery in response to the FCW representative and another member of the Tupac Amaru organization who questioned the veracity of human rights violations in Cuba. “With their disheveled demeanor and I would say hysterical behavior, in addition to the words used in the document they distributed to the audience, they demonstrated that they are intolerant and do not believe in respect for human rights. They accused Directorio of promoting ‘ideological deviance.’ We demonstrated in our speeches that if the Cuban regime considers speaking about human rights as ‘ideological deviance,’ then what can be expected of their actions toward people who defend these right son the Island?” stated Alfonso Valdés. Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez, the ambassador of the totalitarian regime’s delegation and Yuri Ariel Gala López, deputy ambassador stood at the door of the conference room to hand out papers written in English attacking the Cuban Democratic Directorate, attacks that are poorly substantiated, and were easily refuted by Alfonso Valdés and Navarro. Send by E-mail | Printable Version
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