Political arrests down in Cuba, opposition says

Political arrests down in Cuba, opposition says
Published October 02, 2014 EFE

Last month saw at least 411 politically motivated detentions in Cuba,
the lowest monthly total this year, the dissident Cuban Commission for
Human Rights and National Reconciliation, or CCDHRN, said Thursday.

"The trend of diminishing acts of repression of this kind, observed over
the last four months, continues," the CCDHRN said in its latest bulletin.

Arrests peaked in May at 1,120, and then began to decline, with 632
detentions of political activists in August.

Other instances of repression, such as physical attacks, harassment,
vandalism and public repudiation of dissidents, have also decreased, the
CCDHRN said.

"Despite this evident (and positive) statistical change, which might be
just temporary, CCDHRN cannot hide its skepticism about the willingness
of an almost 56-year-old regime to adopt real reforms in the economy and
the area of fundamental rights," the group said.

The bulletin highlights the case of Vladimir Morera, a political
prisoner released Sept. 28 on a one-year furlough after he mounted a
104-day hunger strike to demand his freedom.

Conversely, Interior Ministry agents prevented an opposition activist
from boarding a plane to travel to Chile in response to an invitation
from a youth organization.

Headed by dissident activist Elizardo Sanchez, CCDHRN is the only
organization in Cuba that records and makes public the number of such
incidents, while the government dismisses most of its opponents as
"counter-revolutionaries," and U.S.-paid "mercenaries." EFE

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