Cuba's statement on Human Rights Watch report
Following is a statement from the Cuban diplomatic mission in Washington
on the Human Rights Watch report. The Miami Herald translated from the
Spanish original:
Cuba does not recognize the legality nor the moral authority of HRW as
an organization that defends human rights.
HRW is an organization that analyzes this issue from a discriminatory,
selective and above all politicized perspective. Its evaluation of human
rights in Cuba is illegitimate and illegal.
The history of HRW with respect to Cuba has always been marked by the
distortion of the Cuban reality, and obedient to the mercenary service
of the anti-Cuban sectors.
The presentation of this report in a news conference precisely today has
no other intention than to divert the public's attention from the
hearing by the international relations committee of Congress on the
elimination of restrictions on Americans' travel to Cuba. That audience
will be tomorrow. No doubt, a strange coincidence!
Once again, José Miguel Vivanco and his organization lend themselves to
the anti-Cuban media show. HRW's attitude is cynical and manipulative,
when it says that it ``supports the lifting of the embargo'' (but) uses
the same arguments that the U.S. government uses to maintain and justify
the blockade and attack Cuba.
HRW however did not comment on the recent report, `Public Campaign,'' on
the actions of the anti-Cuban PAC US-Cuba Democracy . . . which shows
that money rules politics as well as the the positions toward Cuba of
some lawmakers in this country. . . . Could it be that HRW also receives
some of these ``donations?''
Cuba reiterates its unwavering willingness to hold a frank and open
dialogue on any topic, on the basis of mutual respect. However, we do
not tolerate any effort to trample and manipulate our right to free
self-determination and sovereign equality.
Alberto Gonzalez
Press Officer
Cuban Interests Section. Washington
Cuba's statement on Human Rights Watch report - More Info -
MiamiHerald.com (18 November 2009)
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/more-info/story/1340006.html
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