Topic: Orlando Zapata
Police detained former hunger striker Guillermo Farinas as he shouted anti-government slogans from his rooftop on the anniversary of the death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata, his mother said."Two officers detained him here at home, after he climbed up on the ...
Thirteen relatives of Cuban dissident Orlando Zapata, who died a year ago after an 85-day hunger strike, have been issued visas to emigrate to the United States, Zapata's mother said Friday."We already have the visas and all (US) documents necessary ...
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's Communist government continues to harass critics who publicly express their discontent on the streets even as it releases some political prisoners, Cuban dissidents said on Wednesday.The number of temporary detention of dissidents and incidents where they are ...
Cuba's communist government started relocating political prisoners Tuesday closer to their families after church-government talks aimed at ending politically embarrassing hunger strikes, dissident and family sources said.The action came after church-government talks launched May 19 aimed at ending hunger strikes ...
Cuba's government started relocating political prisoners Tuesday closer to their families after mediation by the Roman Catholic church which is seeking their release, dissident and family sources said.The action came after church-government talks aimed at ending politically embarrassing hunger strikes ...
<div><p>HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban dissidents proposed on Thursday that the public vote on whether the island's political prisoners should be freed, while Cuba said its enemies are using human rights to "demonize" it.</p><p>The dissidents acknowledge their idea ...
<div><p>Cuba's President Raul Castro defiantly pledged not to cede to pressure from dissident hunger strikers, calling the actions "blackmail" organized by Europe and the United States.</p><p>"We will never cede to blackmail, from any country or group ...
<div><p>US President Barack Obama slammed Cuba for its continued political and human rights repression and called for an end to the Communist regime's "clenched fist" policy against its people.</p><p>Recent events, including the death of a hunger ...
<div><p>Police forcibly took some 30 women off the streets Wednesday as they marched in a protest led by the mother of a political prisoner who died in a hunger strike, an AFP journalist witnessed.</p><p>The so-called "Ladies in ...
<div><p>Police detained about 30 people as they marched in Havana Wednesday in a protest led by the mother of a political prisoner who died in a hunger strike, an AFP journalist witnessed.</p><p>The so-called "Ladies in White" were ...
