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• Free jailed Cuban dissident rap musician Angel Yunier 'El Critico' Remon Arzuaga

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  The Pedazos de la Isla blog is using the premiere of a new video series to highlight the case of Cuban political prisoner Angel Yunier Remon Arzuaga:

  Pedazos de la Isla also has the latest on how El Critico is doing in prison, as reported by leading dissident [...]

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• Religious freedom is still a myth in Cuba

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  The U.S. State Department on Tuesday released its annual assessment of religous freedom in Cuba.

  Like other forms of liberty, the freedom to worship as they wish free of harassment, hostility and other repression, is a rarity on the island.

  From the executive summary:

  The constitution protects religious freedom, although in practice government [...]

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• Nothing scares the Castro regime like Cuban Independence Day

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  Monday, May 20, ought to be a great day in Cuba, the 111th anniversary of the nation's independence from the United States. Intead, it's just another day for the Castro dictatorship to target its opposition for repression.

  That was made clear this past Monday, May 13, when police in the town [...]

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• Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas arrives in Miami, denounces Castro's reforms as 'cosmetic'

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  Guillermo Farinas arrives Sunday in Miami.

  Perhaps Raul Castro's most highly touted "reform" has been the lifting of limits on the ability of most -- but not all -- Cubans to travel overseas.

  However, the independent journalist and activist Guillermo Farinas, the latest prominent dissident to take advantage of this change, [...]

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• From exile, 2 Ladies In White extend 'helping hands' to Cubans in Cuba

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  They are now living in exile in Kentucky, but  two Cuban Damas De Blanco ("Ladies In White") have not forgotten the people of Cuba, especially those in Holguin province in the eastern part of the country. (Generally speaking, that's the part of Cuba my father's family is from.)

  Martha Diaz [...]

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• Teenage Cuban dissident calls on youth worldwide to support fight for freedom

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  Enrique Lozada

  As he recovers from a lengthy hunger strike that helped force the Castro regime to release his father from jail, Enrique Lozada, 17, has a message for Cuba and the world.

  Via Pedazos de la Isla:

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  Transcription and English translation, here:

  “I am seventeen years old.  I want to [...]

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• Pope Francis to leader of Cuban Ladies In White: 'Continue onward'

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  Read about Wednesday's brief but historic meeting between Pope Francis and Berta Soler, the leader of the Cuban Damas De Blanco, here and here.

  And for some perspective about how important the above photo is, read Carlos Eire's post at Babalu:

  It would be great to have [...]

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• Former Cuban political prisoner Luis E. Lozada: I was beaten tortured while in jail

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  The Cuban opposition scored a big win this week when the Castro regime released activist Luis Enrique Lozada just shy of a month after he was unjustly arrested. Following Lozada's example, other activists had used hunger strikes and other protests to demand the dictatorship release their compatriot.

  Now come the [...]

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• Cuba releases political prisoner Luis E. Lozada; activists end hunger strikes

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  From Cuba, activist Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia reports on the release of political prisoner Luis Enrique Lozada, who had been on hunger strike since soon after his arrest on April 9.

  Hunger strikes are not the way to fight the Castro dictatorship. But there is no denying that Lozada's release' [...]

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• An open letter from Elsa Morejon to Amnesty International

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  Via Translating Cuba
  
  

  Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet and his wife Elsa Morejon, 11 April 2011.

  I am Elsa Morejon Hernandez, wife of Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet González, president of the Lawton Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba. My letter is intended to report to you and to the world [...]

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