freedom of movement
U.S.: Short-term detentions in Cuba reach record levels
U.S.: Short-term detentions in Cuba reach record levels
By Juan O. Tamayo
Cuba saw a record number of “politically motivated and at times violent short-term detentions” during 2012, according to the U.S. State Department’s “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices,” which was released Friday.
The report noted serious violations in all categories from prison abuses… Continue reading
Laritza Diversent: The Pending Emigration Law Should Make No Distinctions Because of Citizens’ Political Views
Laritza Diversent: The Pending Emigration Law Should Make No
Distinctions Because of Citizens' Political Views #Cuba
Laritza Diversent, Translator: Unstated
Readers' interview from Diaro de Cuba
The attorney and independent blogger, Laritza Diversent, responds to
questions by readers of Diaro de Cuba regarding emigration reform.
Ricardo E. Trelles: In your professional life you have to deal with the
country's… Continue reading
Independent journalists hounded and arrested, while Granma reporter get 14 years on spying charge
Independent journalists hounded and arrested, while Granma reporter get
14 years on spying charge
Published on Wednesday 14 November 2012. Updated on Friday 16 November 2012.
Reporters Without Borders condemns a worrying increase in harassment of
dissidents in recent months, which has yet again contradicted the
intentions manifested by the Cuban government when signing two United
Nations human rights… Continue reading
Greater Flexibility Yes, Free Movement of Citizens No
Greater Flexibility Yes, Free Movement of Citizens No
October 22, 2012
By Samuel Farber*
HAVANA TIMES — The absence of the right to travel abroad since the
sixties has been a major source of discontent among the Cuban people.
With the measures recently adopted by his government, Raúl Castro is now
trying to lower the intensity of that discontent by… Continue reading
Cuba unlocks the door
Cuba unlocks the door
The lifting of foreign travel restrictions is the most significant act
of liberalisation yet from Raúl Castro
By Telegraph View
8:22PM BST 16 Oct 2012
It has taken half a century but Cuba has finally bowed to the inevitable
and announced the lifting of foreign travel restrictions on its
citizens. From next January they will no… Continue reading
Human rights activists detained in Cuba
Cuba: Human rights activists detained in Cuba
UA: 276/12 Index: AMR 25/022/2012 Cuba Date: 25 September 2012
URGENT ACTION
dozens of cuban opposition activists detained
Members of the Ladies in White have been detained in Havana and several
other places in Cuba. Some remain in detention and the authorities have
failed to provide reasons for their detention or information on… Continue reading
If It’s Immigration and Travel Reform We’re Talking About
If It's Immigration and Travel Reform We're Talking About… / Miriam Celaya
Miriam Celaya, Translator: Unstated
Cuban television news just broadcast with undisguised joy the statements
of the U.S. president about the failure of immigration reforms in that
country. With images of Obama on the screen, although taking care, as
usual, not to directly broadcast the president's words, the Island's… Continue reading
Political activist released without charge: José Daniel Ferrer García
Document – Cuba: Further information: Political activist released
without charge: José Daniel Ferrer García
Further information on UA: 229/12 Index: AMR 25/020/2012 Cuba Date: 2
August 2012
URGENT ACTION
political activist released without charge
Political activist José Daniel Ferrer García was released without charge
in the early afternoon of 1 August following an arrest by police aimed
at preventing his… Continue reading
Leaving Cuba: The difficult task of exiting the island
21 July 2012 Last updated at 08:34 GMT
Leaving Cuba: The difficult task of exiting the island
Sarah Rainsford By Sarah Rainsford BBC News, Havana
Cubans need permission to leave their island. And if they stay away too
long, they can't come back.
A year ago, President Raul Castro pledged to "update" the country's
migration laws and allow freedom of… Continue reading
No Way Out
No Way Out / Miguel Iturría Savón
Miguel Iturria Savón, Translator: Maria Montoto
To: Office of Immigration and Alien Affairs, Ministry of the Interior
Re: Reply request
Miguel Iturria Savón, Cuban citizen, legal adult, married, university
graduate, unemployed, permanent identity number 53092900308, residing at
222 Street, #9529, between 101 and 1st, Cruz Verde, Cotorro, Havana,
Cuba,of my own volition hereby… Continue reading
Human Rights Still Suffer In Cuba
06-04-2012
Human Rights Still Suffer In Cuba
Citizens are harassed and intimidated to keep them from speaking out on
the island nation's political conditions.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has sent Congress the
Department's assessment of human rights around the world during 2011.
The reports, required by law, evaluate the human rights performance of
the governments of every country… Continue reading
UN panel blasts Cuba on human rights abuses
Posted on Saturday, 06.02.12
UN panel blasts Cuba on human rights abuses
THE U.N. called Friday for an independent body to gather, investigate
and report on complaints of human rights abuses in Cuba.
By Juan O. Tamayo
[email protected]
The U.N.'s Committee Against Torture hammered Cuba on Friday for a
lengthy string of human rights abuses and repeatedly complained the
island… Continue reading
The Government Guidelines for the Economy and the new Cuban Economic and Social Structure / Estado de Sats / State of Sats
http://translatingcuba.com/?p=18483
The Government Guidelines for the Economy and the new Cuban Economic and
Social Structure / Estado de Sats / State of Sats
Estado de Sats / State of Sats, Translator: Unstated
By Antonio Rodiles
The government document regarding guidelines for economic and social
policy seeks to outline a new design for Cuban society. This new design
envisions an economy… Continue reading
Travel may free up for Cubans
Travel may free up for Cubans
Change only weeks away, official insists
By Paul Haven
Associated Press
Monday, May 7, 2012
HAVANA — After controlling the comings and goings of its people for five
decades, communist Cuba appears on the verge of a decision to lift many
travel restrictions.
One senior official says a "radical and profound" change is only… Continue reading
After 50 years, Cubans hope to travel freely
Posted on Tuesday, 05.01.12
After 50 years, Cubans hope to travel freely
By PAUL HAVEN
Associated Press
HAVANA — After controlling the comings and goings of its people for
five decades, communist Cuba appears on the verge of a momentous
decision to lift many travel restrictions. One senior official says a
"radical and profound" change is weeks away.
The comment… Continue reading
Press Freedom Matters
Press Freedom Matters
04-30-2012
Press freedom matters because without a free press, few other human
rights are attainable.
Press freedom matters because without a free press, few other human
rights are attainable. A strong press freedom environment encourages
the growth of civil society, which leads to stable democracies and
political and economic development. That's why the United States is
highlighting… Continue reading
Open Letter to The Cuban Dictator Raul Castro / Jorge Luis García Pérez Antunez
Open Letter to The Cuban Dictator Raul Castro / Jorge Luis García Pérez
Antunez
Antunez – Jorge Luis García Pérez, Translator: AnonyGY
Mr. Dictator Raul Castro
From Placetas, in the center of Cuba, Jorge Luis García Pérez Antúnez
and his wife Yris Tamara Pérez Aguilera are writing to you, a married
couple openly opposed to your tyrant and totalitarian regime.… Continue reading
Solidarity with Rafael / Miriam Celaya
Solidarity with Rafael / Miriam Celaya
Miriam Celaya, Translator: Norma Whiting
An open letter is circulating around the web these days. The letter was
written by cinematographer Ismael de Diego and addressed to Camilla
Vallejo, the Chilean communist student who recently visited Cuba as a
guest of the Union of Young Communists. Of course, we Cubans don't know
what sources… Continue reading
