Cuba: Newly declared prisoners of conscience

Cuba: Newly declared prisoners of conscience

Index Number: AMR 25/002/2004
Date Published: 29 January 2004
Categories: Americas, Cuba

In June 2003 Amnesty International declared 75 new Cuban prisoners of conscience after they were detained in a massive government crackdown on dissent which began on 18 March 2003. This brief report gives an account of the charges and arrests of four new prisoners of conscience.