When Cuba is up to scrutiny in the Universal Periodic Review process tomorrow, it will be very clear that the human rights situation is as grim as ever. As the Civil Rights Defenders submission on Cub...
In the end of last week, Cuban human rights defender Dulce Amanda Durán was called by the security police and told that she had to stop working for Civil Rights Defenders’ longtime partner, Cuban Comm...
Former Defenders’ Days participant and Cuban human rights defender Lia Villares was detained Wednesday afternoon together with actress Iris Ruiz, and their location is still unknown. The security poli...
On the 27 March, Cuban Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White) activist Lismeirys Quintana was sentenced at the People’s Court of Marianao, Havana, to six months in prison on politically motivated charges f...
Last week Cuban human rights defenders Lismeirys Quintana and Aliuska Gomez were victims of human rights violations. They are both active members of Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White), a civic movement...
In light of Fidel Castros death and the increasing repression against the democracy movement in Cuba, the EU Council and the European Parliament should ask themselves if the Political Dialogue and Coo...
On September 22 the new Political Dialogue and Cooperation agreement between the EU and Cuba was finally made public by the EU Commission and transferred to the EU Council. The agreement text was sign...
The EU and Sweden are strangling transparency in the negotiations on a new Political Dialogue and Cooperation agreement between the EU and Cuba. The documents agreed by the parties will not be release...
More than two weeks have passed since several Cuban activists went on hunger and thirst strike, demanding that the Government of Cuba ends its crackdown on human rights. Among the activists is the pro...
Three Cuban human rights defenders were subjected to harassment and arrest by the Cuban authorities after having participated in Civil Rights Defenders’ annual conference Defenders’ Days in Stockholm,...
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