Monthly Archives: May 2010
"Ladies in White" say Cuba prisoner plight goes on
"Ladies in White" say Cuba prisoner plight goes on
Reuters
By Jeff Franks Jeff Franks – Sun May 30, 6:20 pm ET
HAVANA (Reuters) – The Cuban government has not yet improved conditions
for political prisoners or released any as had been hoped after recent
talks between Catholic Church leaders and President Raul Castro, Cuba's
"Ladies… Continue reading
Cuban Protestors Thank Church for Mediation
Cuban Protestors Thank Church for Mediation
Wives Hoping for Release of Political Prisoners
HAVANA, Cuba, MAY 27, 2010 (Zenit.org).- "We still have a lot of hope,"
says Laura Pollán when she speaks of the possible release of political
prisoners in Cuba. Her own husband, Héctor Maseda, is completing a
20-year sentence.
Pollán is the spokeswoman for… Continue reading
Is Raul Castro taking risk in church talks?
Posted on Wednesday, 05.26.10
CUBA | ANALYSIS
Is Raul Castro taking risk in church talks?
Raúl Castro's negotiations with the Catholic Church have sparked hope,
but recognizing the church as a mediator is uncharted territory.
BY JUAN O. TAMAYO
jtamayo@ElNuevoHerald.com
Raúl Castro's talks with the Catholic Church on political prisoners have
sparked hopes, skepticism and assertions… Continue reading
Cuban Bishops Meet With President Castro
Cuban Bishops Meet With President Castro
HAVANA, Cuba, MAY 25, 2010 (Zenit.org).- In a historic meeting,
representatives of the Catholic Church in Cuba spoke with President Raul
Castro about the release of political prisoners, among other items.
The archbishop of Havana, Cardinal Jaime Ortega y Alamino, gave a press
conference on Thursday in which he reported… Continue reading
Cuban embargo turns 50 but must live a little longer
Last Updated: May 23. 2010 7:29PM UAE / May 23. 2010 3:29PM GMT The world’s longest running and least successful trade embargo will this year “celebrate” its 50th anniversary. Washington’s restrictions on trade with Cuba, which were first imposed in 1960, have not only failed to… Continue reading
Leadership, at last, for Cuba's people
Leadership, at last, for Cuba’s people
OUR OPINION: Catholic Church can be a catalyst for change Finally, after a long silence, Cuba’s Catholic Church is taking a stand, calling on the Castro regime to free 26 political prisoners who are in failing health. About time. Cardinal Jaime Ortega and Santiago Archbishop Dionisio… Continue reading
Cuban prisoners 'win concessions' after Church talks
Page last updated at 16:28 GMT, Sunday, 23 May 2010 17:28 UK Cuba has relaxed the prison regime for political detainees after talks with Roman Catholic leaders, a prominent dissident has said. Prisoners held far from their homes will be moved closer and sick inmates will be admitted to… Continue reading
Cuba to move prisoners, treat the sick: hunger striker
AFP
Sun May 23, 3:51 am ET HAVANA (AFP) – Cuba’s government will begin moving political prisoners to jails in their home provinces and provide the sickest inmates with hospital treatment, a dissident on a three-month hunger strike said. The decision appears to be a step towards… Continue reading
Cuba to transfer political prisoners close to home
Cuba to transfer political prisoners close to home
By ANNE-MARIE GARCIA
Associated Press Writer HAVANA — The Cuban government has agreed to move many of the country’s 200 political prisoners to jails closer to their homes, and will give medical attention to some ailing prisoners, a church official told The Associated Press… Continue reading
Cuban dissident to end hunger strike if others freed
AFP/File Adalberto Roque A Cuban opposition journalist said Saturday he was ready to end his nearly three-month hunger strike if the Cuban regime releases 10 political prisoners and agrees to a timeline to free others. “When the number of those released reaches 10 and the Church tells… Continue reading
Human rights abuse in Cuba: Canadians should be alarmed
by John Geddes on Thursday, May 20, 2010 When Canadians concern themselves with human rights abuses these days—if they do at all— their minds tend to turn to jailed Chinese dissidents, to detainees in Afghan prisons, and maybe to Omar Khadr, the young Canadian citizen still held… Continue reading
The fight against racism in Cuba goes viral
The fight against racism in Cuba goes viral
By Marlie Hall
9:28 AM on 05/14/2010
Tags: Afro Cubans, Cuba, Discrimination, Raul Castro
Rosa Parks refused to stand. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. Barack
Obama won the presidential election. America' s plight for racial
equality has had its struggles, its heroes and its progress. But… Continue reading
Cuba Dissidents Launch Petition to Free Political Prisoners
Cuba Dissidents Launch Petition to Free Political Prisoners
HAVANA – A dissident group calling itself the Orlando Zapata Tamayo
Committee on Thursday announced a campaign to collect signatures to ask
Cuba's National Assembly to free the island's political prisoners.
The group, created after the death of dissident prisoner Orlando Zapata
Tamayo after an 85-day hunger strike,… Continue reading
Human rights campaigners appeal to Vatican
Cuba: Human rights campaigners appeal to Vatican
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
By CNA See all articles by this author
Berta Soler, a member of the Women in White in Cuba, said this week that
the group will ask the Vatican's Secretary for Relations with States,
Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, to provide mediation for the release of
the… Continue reading
Molina stands by 'my truth' about Cuba
Addresses select audience to dodge violent hecklers
Molina stands by 'my truth' about Cuba
By Michael Soltys
Herald staff
After last month's violent incidents at the Book Fair, Cuban dissident
Hilda Molina went "clandestine" yesterday in a discreet fourth-floor
salon of a downtown hotel at an event organized by CADAL (the Centre for
the Opening and… Continue reading
DECLARATION OF THE CUBA´S WORKING GROUP OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
DECLARATION OF THE CUBA´S WORKING GROUP OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF
HUMAN RIGHTS
11-05-2010.
Cuba's Working Group of the International Society of Human Rights.
(www.miscelaneasdecuba.net).- The Cuba's Working Group of the
International Society of Human Rights, ISHR, in its today's meeting, has
agreed to issue the present document, in order to signify once more… Continue reading
Cuba—A Way Forward
Cuba—A Way Forward
by Nik Steinberg, Daniel Wilkinson
In a 1980 interview, Gabriel García Márquez told The New York Times that
he had spent three years writing a book about life in Cuba under Fidel
Castro. But, he said, "now I realize that the book is so critical that
it could be used against Cuba, so… Continue reading
Plotting the way forward
Posted on Thursday, 05.06.10
Plotting the way forward
BY MARIFELI PEREZ-STABLE
MarifeliPerezStable.com
Last Sunday the Damas de Blanco — dressed in white with coral gladioli
in their hands — resumed their customary walk after Mass at the Church
of Santa Rita. Freedom again rang along the stately Fifth Avenue in
Miramar, a Havana suburb.
For three… Continue reading
Cuba’s ‘Ladies in White’ at risk of beatings and intimidation
Posted on 05-05-2010
Cuba's 'Ladies in White' at risk of beatings and intimidation
Staff
news@lavozcolorado.com
Source: Amnesty International
Editor's note: Recently, the 'Ladies in White' have been stopped from
holding their Sunday protests for three weeks now. The women, who have
held protests for seven years now, were corralled and harassed by a
pro-Castro group last… Continue reading
Church Protects Protestors in Cuba
Church Protects Protestors in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba, MAY 3, 2010 (Zenit.org).- A group of wives and mothers
protesting the imprisonment of their loved ones in Cuba have been given
permission to continue their marches.
The group, known as the "Ladies in White," carried out their weekly
protest last Sunday, as they have for seven years. They… Continue reading
Cuban-Americans march in support of Ladies in White
Cuban-Americans march in support of Ladies in White
Posted: May 3, 2010 – 12:51am
By By ANTHONY DeMATTEO
A strong Matanzas breeze stirred flags of two countries and the white
outfits of about 30 mostly Cuban-born Floridians as they marched along
St. Augustine's bayfront on Sunday afternoon.
The march, led by 91-year-old Fidela Carballeira, recognized Cuba's… Continue reading
Cardinal gets Cuba to lift ban on 'Ladies in White' protest
Cardinal gets Cuba to lift ban on 'Ladies in White' protest
Published on Monday, May 3, 2010
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime Ortega said on
Sunday he managed to convince the Cuban government to lift its nearly
month-long ban on street protests by "Ladies in White" — the wives and
mothers of political… Continue reading
Hundreds of thousands march to mark Cuba's May Day
Posted on Saturday, 05.01.10
Hundreds of thousands march to mark Cuba's May Day
By WILL WEISSERT
Associated Press Writer
HAVANA — Hundreds of thousands of Cubans marched through the sprawling,
concrete expanses of Revolution Plaza on Saturday in annual May Day
celebrations that the government said prove the island supports its
communist system even amid mounting… Continue reading
Cuba: Nothing against the Revolution
Cuba: Nothing against the Revolution
Cuba is opening up to public criticism — but not from the Ladies in White.
By Nick Miroff
Published: April 30, 2010 19:09 ET
HAVANA, Cuba — In June 1961, Fidel Castro summoned Cuba's leading
writers and intellectuals to a meeting at Havana's Bibleoteca Nacional.
There, he issued a warning that… Continue reading