Cuba

Human Rights in REPUBLIC OF CUBA

Press Freedom Day: Global action needed to protect journalists ...
3 May 2007

Freedom of expression is enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A free press is an essential component of freedom of expression and ...

Report       POL 30/008/2007

UA in Focus - May 2007: Mightier than the sword: The struggle for ...
1 May 2007

Journalists are often "easy targets" in wars. 2006 was a year in which killings of reporters and media staff reached historic levels. On 23 December 2006, the UN ...

Report       ACT 60/010/2007

Cuba: Fear for safety/Fear of arbitrary detention: Martha Beatriz ...
24 April 2007

Former prisoner of conscience Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello has reportedly been threatened and harassed by people claiming to be from the security forces, because ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/004/2007

The Wire, February 2007. Vol. 37, No.1
1 February 2007

1) US courts rule lethal injection inhumane 2) AI witnesses turmoil and despair in Middle East 3) Individuals: survivors and activists: Courageous call for reform ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/001/2007

Cuba: Amnesty International's human rights concerns
29 January 2007

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Media Briefing. AI Index: AMR 25/003/2007 (Public). News Service No: 018. 29 January 2007. Cuba: Amnesty International ...

Press Release       AMR 25/003/2007

Cuba: Further information on Fear for safety / Fear of torture ...
22 January 2007

The authorities have threatened to jail human rights defender Juan Carlos Gonz lez Leiva unless he gives up his human rights work. They have also threatened ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/001/2007

Cuba: Further information on Possible prisoner of conscience ...
15 December 2006

Journalist Ahmed Rodr guez Albacia was reportedly released on 12 December, after nine days in custody. He is now reportedly awaiting trial on charges which have ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/005/2006

Cuba: Fear of unfair trial/possible Prisoners of Conscience
13 December 2006

Five men (René Montes de Oca Martija, Roberto de Jesús Guerra Pérez, Emilio Leyva Pérez, Lázaro Alonso Román and Manuel Pérez Soria) are due to go on trial on 19 ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/004/2006

Cuba: Possible prisoner of conscience/ harassment/ intimidation ...
5 December 2006

On 4 December, Ahmed Rodríguez Albacia, a journalist for the Cuban-based independent press agency, Youth without Censorship, was reportedly arrested at his house ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/003/2006

Cuba: Fear for safety / Fear of torture / Intimidation ...
8 November 2006

Human rights defenders Miguel Valdés Tamayo and Juan Carlos González Leiva have been harassed and intimidated, apparently as a result of their human rights work ...

Urgent Action       AMR 25/002/2006