Cuban Repression Machinery Remains Intact
despite King Fidel's stepping down and the symbolic (but not yet binding) signature of two UN treaties on human rights, Cuba continues to be a repressive country that jails people for their beliefs.
Human Rights Watch calls it right:
For almost five decades, Cuba has restricted nearly all avenues of political dissent. Cuban citizens have been systematically deprived of their fundamental rights to free expression, privacy, association, assembly, movement, and due process of law. Tactics for enforcing political conformity have included police warnings, surveillance, short-term detentions, house arrests, travel restrictions, criminal prosecutions, and politically motivated dismissals from employment.
Cuba’s legal and institutional structures have been at the root of its rights violations. The rights to freedom of expression, association, assembly, movement, and the press are strictly limited under Cuban law. By criminalizing enemy propaganda, the spreading of “unauthorized news,” and insult to patriotic symbols, the government curbs freedom of speech under the guise of protecting state security. The courts are not independent; they undermine the right to fair trial by restricting the right to a defense, and frequently fail to observe the few due process rights available to defendants under domestic law.
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Cuba's supporters world-wide, who have long turned a blind eye to Cuba's human rights violations (because they like Cuba's anti-U.S. stance) must do the right thing and force King Raul to realize that acceptance of his new government must be predicated upon Cuba's guarantees of human rights for its citizens.
Human Rights Watch calls it right:
For almost five decades, Cuba has restricted nearly all avenues of political dissent. Cuban citizens have been systematically deprived of their fundamental rights to free expression, privacy, association, assembly, movement, and due process of law. Tactics for enforcing political conformity have included police warnings, surveillance, short-term detentions, house arrests, travel restrictions, criminal prosecutions, and politically motivated dismissals from employment.
Cuba’s legal and institutional structures have been at the root of its rights violations. The rights to freedom of expression, association, assembly, movement, and the press are strictly limited under Cuban law. By criminalizing enemy propaganda, the spreading of “unauthorized news,” and insult to patriotic symbols, the government curbs freedom of speech under the guise of protecting state security. The courts are not independent; they undermine the right to fair trial by restricting the right to a defense, and frequently fail to observe the few due process rights available to defendants under domestic law.
Source
Cuba's supporters world-wide, who have long turned a blind eye to Cuba's human rights violations (because they like Cuba's anti-U.S. stance) must do the right thing and force King Raul to realize that acceptance of his new government must be predicated upon Cuba's guarantees of human rights for its citizens.
posted by Yimboro | 9:10 AM
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