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Demonstrations disrupted in Cuba | Amnesty International
19 March 2009

The Cuban authorities took action on Tuesday to suppress peacefuldemonstrations marking the 6th anniversary of a crackdown againstdissidents.

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Cuba: Government must show commitment to human rights by releasing ...
18 March 2009

The Cuban government should immediately release the 57 prisoners of conscience who have been held for over six years and respect the right to freedom expression ...

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Six years in prison in Cuba for 57 activists: supporters face ...
18 March 2009

Human rights activists marking the 6-year detention of 57 peopleimprisoned in Cuba for expressing their right to freedom of expressionand association are facing ...

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Cuba: Intimidation/Harassment: Ivonne Mallesa (f)
12 March 2009

Ivonne Mallesa was reportedly briefly detained by the Cuban Security forces on 10 March having been previously detained and released two days earlier. Amnesty ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/001/2009

EU ministers urged to help close Guantánamo | Amnesty ...
26 January 2009

A coalition of human rights organizations is calling on EU foreign ministers to help by offering humanitarian protection todetainees at risk of torture or other ...

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Suggested recommendations to the 16 States in the fourth round of ...
1 December 2008

In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of various states about ending torture, arbitrary arrests, the death penalty, for ...

Document       IOR 41/046/2008

President-elect Obama recommits to closing Guantánamo and ending ...
18 November 2008

'Early action' promised on closing the detention centre at Guantánamo Bay and ensuring that the USA does not resort to torture.

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Cuba: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Fourth ...
8 September 2008

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic ...

Report       AMR 25/002/2008

Cuba: Further information on fear of unfair trial: Gorki Águila
1 September 2008

Gorki Águila was released on 29 August 2008 after a trial before a Municipal court in Havana. He was cleared of charges of “dangerousness” (peligrosidad), but found ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/003/2008

Cuba: Fear of unfair trial: Gorki Águila (m)
28 August 2008

A Cuban musician who is an outspoken critic of the Cuban government has been arrested and faces up to four years in prison. Amnesty International is concerned that ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/001/2008