Cuba
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Cuban Government Is Responsible for Death of Dissident, Report Says
Tags Share “Government officials tried to blame their deaths on a car accident, but the Payá family knew better.” Our president Kerry Kennedy is quoted in The New York Times regarding RFK Human Rights’ decade-long quest for justice following the murder of Cuban pro-democracy leader Oswaldo Payá.
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The New York Times’ reporting on civic space in Cuba comes at a key time
Tags Share In Mass Trials in Cuba Deepen its Harshest Crackdown in Decades (Americas, Jan. 14), the Times details a disturbing new twist to the Cuban government’s continued crackdown on civic space. This reporting comes at a key time. As scores of citizens are placed on trial for taking part in summer demonstrations, the continued…
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Finally there could be an opportunity for truth and justice in Oswaldo Payá’s death
Tags Share For more than 60 years now, my family has had grave concerns about the restriction of fundamental rights of the Cuban people, concerns that have remained strong despite the march of time and the repeated failures of U.S. foreign policy to support the Cuban people. While the players and technology have changed since…
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RFK Human Rights calls on the IACHR to hold Cuba responsible for the 2012 death of pro-democracy leaders Oswaldo Paya and Harold Cepero
Tags Share On July 22, 2012, Oswaldo José Payá Sardiñas, a renowned Cuban dissident and human rights leader, was killed in a car crash near Bayamo, Cuba. Harold Cepero, a young activist who was traveling with him, died in the hospital soon afterwards. Both were prominent figures in the Christian Liberation Movement, which Mr. Payá…
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RFK Human Rights pide a la CIDH hacer responsable al estado Cubano por la muerte de los líderes pro-democracia Oswaldo Payá y Harold Cepero
Tags Share El 22 de julio de 2012, Oswaldo José Payá Sardiñas, un reconocido disidente cubano y líder de derechos humanos, falleció tras un choque de auto cerca de Bayamo, Cuba. Harold Cepero, un joven activista que viajaba con él, falleció en el hospital poco después. Ambos eran figuras prominentes del Movimiento Cristiano Liberación, que…
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5 Things to Know about the Oswaldo Payá vs. Cuba Case
Tags Share On December 14, the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will hold a public (virtual) hearing on the case of Oswaldo Payá Sardinas, Harold Cepero et al vs Cuba. The case was filed by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights in 2013. During the hearing, the IACHR will hear the testimonies of family…
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Deep Concern as Cuban Government Gains Seat on UN Human Rights Council
Tags Share In response to Cuba’s election to a fifth term on the Human Rights Council, 85 Cuban and international human rights and freedom-of-expression organizations, in conjunction with independent media outlets, released the following statement: We are deeply concerned about the decision to grant Cuba a new opportunity to have a seat on the Human…
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Cuban Authorities Must Cease Harassment of UNPACU Activists
Tags Share In response to the uninterrupted acts of intimidation and violence committed in the last two months by Cuban authorities against members of the dissident organization Unión Patriótica de Cuba (UNPACU), its leader José Daniel Ferrer, and his family, more than 30 Cuban and international human rights organizations issued the following statement: We call…
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Apoyo internacional a la petición para declarar inconstitucional el Decreto Ley 370 en Cuba
Tags Share Las organizaciones y medios de comunicación abajo firmantes respaldamos la petición presentada el pasado 8 de junio en Cuba ante la Asamblea Nacional, el Consejo de Estado, el Tribunal Supremo, la Fiscalía General y el presidente de la República para declarar inconstitucional el Decreto Ley 370 de 2019. Las 64 personas que suscribieron…
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Petition to Declare Decree-Law 370 Unconstitutional in Cuba
Tags Share The undersigned organizations and media outlets support the petition presented on June 8 in Cuba before the National Assembly, the State Council, the Supreme Court, the Office of the Attorney General, and the President of the Republic declaring 2019’s Decree-Law 370 unconstitutional. The 64 people who signed the petition did so on behalf…
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Human Rights Lawyers Forced Into Exile
Cubalex helped Cubans to understand their human rights—until the State stripped the group’s own from them.
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