English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
HRW, Amnesty International, European Commission, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Join us saving lives and demanding justice in Cuba. We want to avoid any further loss of life in Cuba, and end an obvious and intolerable human rights violation. To: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; Alexander Polack, European Commission; Amnesty … Continue reading “Petition to Save the Hunger Strikers”
Antonio Rodiles continues to be held in the dungeons at Acosta and 10 de Octubre streets, for 9 days now. Perhaps the political police won’t free him before they trial they intend to hold, to avoid the bruises from the beating they gave him becoming public. Socialist legality is a set of traps to bring … Continue reading “The Worst Evil of Bad People is the Silence of Good People / Lilianne Ruiz”
When in Cuba we say “the system” we are referring to a circumstance which, even though we recognize it as abnormal, arbitrary and unnatural — the condition of being on an Island and being subjected to a “political-ideological education” experiment, as well as the terror — can be, for many, unbearable. There are many families … Continue reading “Where the Dictatorship Nests / Lilianne Ruiz”
