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Disappointing Cuba UPR Review Session at the UN Human Rights Council

On June 10, the UN Human Rights Council met to adopt the UPR report on Cuba. Human Rights First prepared a joint statement (see initial statement below) to be delivered in conjunction with other international NGOs calling attention to the precarious situation of human rights activists in Cuba. We were unable to deliver our statement as NGOs friendly to the Cuban government flooded the speakers' list, and signed onto a joint Human Rights Watch statement (see video) at the last minute. Watch Video of Joint Statement in English | in Spanish

Read initial joint statement that was not delivered

6/11/2009

Release Ill Cuban Activist from Isolation Cell

Tony Diaz, an instrumental organizer of a civic initiative known as the Varela Project in Cuba, was thrown in jail for his human rights activities in the spring of 2003. This week, Diaz was transferred to a prison isolation cell, seriously endangering his health.

Read More about Tony Diaz's Case

6/8/2009

Join the Ladies in White in Calling for Human Rights in Cuba

On the sixth anniversary of the jailing of 75 activists in Cuba, join their wives, daughters, and others in demanding their release and calling for respect for human rights on the island. 3/26/2009

Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review re Cuban Human Rights Defenders

9/8/2008

Petition to Raul Castro re Medical Care for Normando Hernandez Gonzalez

6/17/2008

Letter to Cuban Government re Protest of the Ladies in White

5/21/2008

Statement on Fifth Anniversary of Crackdown: Time to Release Human Rights Defenders

3/18/2008

Statement: Cuba's Signature of Human Rights Treaties a Step in the Right Direction

2/28/2008