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• Amnesty: Cuba falling far short on human rights

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  In a report submitted recently to the United Human Rights Council, Amnesty International concluded that Cuba has fallen far short in implementing HRC recommendations on how it needed to improve the human rights situation on the island.

  Shocking? No. But it is always worth noting when an organization with the stature [...]

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• Do not forget what created new Cuban 'vice president' Miguel Diaz-Canel

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  Cuban dictator Raul Castro and his new Mini Me, Miguel Diaz-Canel.

  What to think of Miguel Diaz-Canel, Cuba's new "vice president."

  The most telling circumstance of his rise to the No. 2 position in the communist hierarcy is this: He owes his rise, he owes his most recent promotion, he [...]

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• Cuban writer Angel Santiesteban ordered to prison to begin sentence

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  Cuban writer and blogger Angel Santiesteban on Monday was ordered to report to prison on Thursday to begin serving a 5-year sentence handed down in December.

  His conviction and impending imprisonment represent a grave injustice in a country where justice is meted out based on the whims of the [...]

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• Orlando Zapata VIVE!

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  Remembering Orlando Zapata Tamayo today. And always. [...]
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• The spirit of freedom is strong in my hometown of Antilla, Cuba

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  A scene from Antilla, Cuba.

  Antilla, in eastern Cuba, is the hometown of my father and others in my family. So I was intrigued this week when my cousin e-mailed several photographs she had received from relatives on the island. I have never been there but in viewing the photos, [...]

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• Despite the Castro regime's worst efforts, Cuban blogger Ivan Garcia will keep writing

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  One of the more accomplished, must-read bloggers in Cuba is Iván Garcia.

  In a recent installment on La Carpeta De Iván, or "Iván's File Cabinet," explains how he sees Cuba and Cubans, why he is compelled to write about it and why despite the threats and other dangers of being an independent [...]

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• An interview with Cuban independent journalist Héctor Cedeño after his release from jail

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  An interview with Cuban independent journalist Héctor Julio Cedeño, who was released Saturday after almost two weeks in jail on a trumped-up charge of "assault."

  Cedeño, a correspondent with the Hablemos Press news agency, was arrested Feb. 5 while he was photographing police inspectors who were harassing private taxicab [...]

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• A daughter stands up for her father -- and her fellow Cubans

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  Rosa Maria Paya

  From Rosa Maria Paya, the daughter of the late Cuban human rights activist Oswaldo, during a speech Tuesday before the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy.

  "I want to be clear about something: the lack of human rights is the principle reason, for the suffering, poverty" [...]

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• Guards beat Cuban political prisoner Emilio Planas Robert for refusing to wear uniform

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  Cuban political prisoner Emilio Planas Robert earlier this month was beaten by guards at the Combinado de Guantánamo prison and thrown into a punishment cell after he refused to put on the uniform of a common criminal.

  The punishment was delivered Feb. 9, and as of Feb. 18 Planas remained [...]

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• Cuban independent journalist Hector Cedeño released after almost 2 weeks in jail

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  Via Twitter, Cuban independent journalist Roberto de Jesus Guerra reported that his colleague,  Hector Cedeño Negrin, has been released after almost two weeks in a Cuban jail.

  Details of his release had not been reported, but Guerra wrote in his tweet that Cedeño, who is almost 60, was at the Havana [...]

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