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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.

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Open letter: The EU must respond to the magnitude of Cuba’s human rights crisis at the Joint Council

  • Cuba, News, Statements
  • 22 May 2023

Together with seven other organisations Civil Rights Defenders has written an open letter to the Hig…

Cuba. Flag. People.

Cubans are allowed to vote but not to choose

  • Cuba, Latin America, News
  • 24 March 2023

On Sunday, 26 March, the Cuban National Assembly will be appointed. The people can vote – but …

Voces presas

Listen to incarcerated voices from Cuba – the story of artists in prison

  • Cuba, News
  • 22 November 2022

In Cuba, poets, painters, and musicians get imprisoned for using their freedom of expression. For us…

Cuba: Minors sentenced to decades in prison

  • Cuba, News
  • 31 March 2022

In mid-March the Cuban government sentenced 127 people to a total of 1916 years in prison for demons…

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