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,...
Cuban Human Rights Defender, Ailer Gonzalez Mena, of Estado de SATS, has been threatened by the Cuban authorities over the weekend. The security police visited her father and told him they had evidenc...
Civil Rights Defenders and 23 other European and Cuban organisations in a letter to Federica Mogherini from the European Commission voiced their opinions regarding the demands that the EU should seek ...
Civil Rights Defenders is shocked to have learned that Antonio Rodilles Project Director of the independent State of Sats has been severely beaten by state security officials and that 80 human rights ...
In a letter to Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy dated the 9 June 2015, Civil Rights Defenders and our partner The Forum for Rights and F...
The repression against the Ladies in White, opposition activists and human rights defenders in Cuba, that we have seen during the last couple of weeks is alarming. The increase of violence from the au...
From 9-11 April, US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro will participate at the Summit of the Americas, the first time both countries have met at this summit in decades. Cuba has be...
Barack Obama’s speech given on December 18 was aimed at initiating efforts to “normalise” relations between the US and Cuba. However Civil Rights Defenders does not see that this step in itself will i...
The EU and Cuba held subsequent negotiations concerning the possibility of future political dialogue and assistance between the two sides. To ensure that the agreement will lead to human rights improv...
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