Rights group slams Cuba over dissidents
The New York Times, The Associated Press, Reuters
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2006
HAVANA The number of Cubans jailed for political reasons increased to 333 last year and new repression is expected in 2006 as discontent with the nation's communist system grows, the island's main human rights group said Wednesday.
The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation said the number of political prisoners rose from 294 at the end of 2004, while 15 jailed dissidents were released for medical reasons.
The number of people in prison for their political views could be higher, but there was no way of knowing because Cuba does not allow the International Red Cross access to its "enormous" penal system of more than 200 prisons and internment camps, the group's annual report said.
Amnesty International says Cuba has 80 prisoners of conscience, more than any other country in the hemisphere. (Reuters)
HAVANA The number of Cubans jailed for political reasons increased to 333 last year and new repression is expected in 2006 as discontent with the nation's communist system grows, the island's main human rights group said Wednesday.
The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation said the number of political prisoners rose from 294 at the end of 2004, while 15 jailed dissidents were released for medical reasons.
The number of people in prison for their political views could be higher, but there was no way of knowing because Cuba does not allow the International Red Cross access to its "enormous" penal system of more than 200 prisons and internment camps, the group's annual report said.
Amnesty International says Cuba has 80 prisoners of conscience, more than any other country in the hemisphere. (Reuters)
The New York Times, The Associated Press, Reuters
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2006
HAVANA The number of Cubans jailed for political reasons increased to 333 last year and new repression is expected in 2006 as discontent with the nation's communist system grows, the island's main human rights group said Wednesday.
The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation said the number of political prisoners rose from 294 at the end of 2004, while 15 jailed dissidents were released for medical reasons.
The number of people in prison for their political views could be higher, but there was no way of knowing because Cuba does not allow the International Red Cross access to its "enormous" penal system of more than 200 prisons and internment camps, the group's annual report said.
Amnesty International says Cuba has 80 prisoners of conscience, more than any other country in the hemisphere. (Reuters)
HAVANA The number of Cubans jailed for political reasons increased to 333 last year and new repression is expected in 2006 as discontent with the nation's communist system grows, the island's main human rights group said Wednesday.
The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation said the number of political prisoners rose from 294 at the end of 2004, while 15 jailed dissidents were released for medical reasons.
The number of people in prison for their political views could be higher, but there was no way of knowing because Cuba does not allow the International Red Cross access to its "enormous" penal system of more than 200 prisons and internment camps, the group's annual report said.
Amnesty International says Cuba has 80 prisoners of conscience, more than any other country in the hemisphere. (Reuters)
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