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Cuba

In Cuba, the human rights situation has gotten worse, resulting in human rights defenders being forced to stop their work and leave the country, thereby weakening the movement for democracy in the country. New relations with the United States and the European Union have, paradoxically, resulted in Cuba being enabled to persecute human rights defenders and advocates for democratisation without resistance from the outside world, because of hesitance to worsen relations.

Cuba Country Report

News from Cuba

Cuba: Hunger Striking Activists in Critical Condition

  • Cuba, News
  • 24 November 2020

Cuban authorities have launched yet another attack against Movimiento San Isidro, one of the most im…

New Report: Cuban Human Rights Defenders Call on the EU to Act to Stop the Deteriorating Human Rights Situation

  • Cuba, Reports
  • 13 November 2020

70 out of 70 surveyed human rights defenders in Cuba say that the human rights situation has deterio…

Deep Concern From Civil Society as Cuba is Granted Seat on UN Human Rights Council

  • Cuba, Statements
  • 14 October 2020

In response to Cuba’s election to a fifth term on the Human Rights Council, 85 Cuban and internation…

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Cuba: Authorities Must Cease Harassment of UNPACU Activists and Organization’s Leader Jose Daniel Ferrer

  • Cuba, Statements
  • 23 September 2020

In response to the uninterrupted acts of intimidation and violence committed in the last two months …

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