Cuba to sign international human rights pact, allow UN rights observers
Cuba will sign the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in the first quarter of the coming year, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque said Monday during an event to mark International Human...
Cuba detains protestors demanding humane treatment for political prisoners
The government of Cuba Thursday detained at least forty protesters who gathered outside the Ministry of Justice to demand humane treatment for the country's estimated 250 political prisoners. All but one of those detained were released...
The Cuban government has released a second imprisoned political dissident in less than a week, the National Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN) said Wednesday. Labor movement activist Lazaro Gonzalez Adan was...
The Cuban government on Friday paroled dissident Francisco Chaviano Gonzalez , after the former president of the Cuban National Council for Civil Rights served 13 years in prison. Chaviano was sentenced to 15 years in prison in May...
US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez said in a speech Friday that Cuba should hold a referendum on democracy as a countervailing force to the ongoing dictatorship of Cuban President Fidel Castro [BBC...
Federal appeals court decision upholding spying convictions draws Cuba fire
A US federal appeals court opinion upholding the convictions of five accused Cuban spies prompted condemnation from the Cuban government Thursday, who called the decision political and unfair. The US Court of Appeals for the...
Bush administration considering relaxed immigration rules for Cubans
The Bush administration and the US Department of Homeland Security are considering plans to change some immigration rules for Cubans with relatives living in the United States in an effort to improve the immigration ...
