English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
MIAMI, Florida, December 12, 2013, www.cubanet.org — The worst consequences of Cuban military repression were suffered on Dec. 10, International Human Rights Day, on the eastern part of the island. More than 130 arrests were made and about 160 peaceful demonstrators beaten according to the leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), José Daniel … Continue reading “Repression Against Demonstrators Reaches Barbaric Levels”
The great specialty of Cuban journalists is to inflate balloons, darken with dust clouds the reality of what happens in the archipelago, and, in passing, to lick the feet of the dictators. The most outstanding in this work are those who write for the Granma newspaper, who were chosen for it precisely: manipulable beings who … Continue reading “The Human Rights Party in Cuba / Angel Santiesteban”
We Demand Their Release Now! Marclino Abreu Bonora: 56 days on hunger strike. Currently admitted to intensive care in Santa Clara and reported in very serious condition. Roilan Álvarez Rensoler: 43 days on hunger strike. Activist in the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU). Has not been taken to a hospital; still remains in prison. 15 … Continue reading “Hunger Strikers Marcelino Abreu and Roilan Alvarez in Danger / Rolando Pulido”
HAVANA, Cuba, November 11, 2013, León Padrón Azcuy/ www.cubanet.org.- The home of opposition activist Sandra Ace Rramos in the town of San Juan y Maritnez was the scene this Saturday morning of a seige by pro-government “Rapid Response Brigades” and paramilitary forces, organized by provincial State Security officials in Pinar del Rio Province. The government-organized … Continue reading “Paramilitary Units and Organized Mobs Lay Siege to Meeting of Cuban Dissidents in San Juan y Martinez / Leon Padron Azcuy”
There is no exam that the Castro dictatorship has passed to prove that it is not a tyrannical, despotic, cruel, repressive, abusive, corrupt and inefficient regime. Freedom House has once again tested the freedom of use of internet in the countries which make up the world’s concert of nations and Cuba, Castro’s Cuba, as it … Continue reading “To Nobody’s Surprise Cuba is Second Worse in Censorship and Violation of Internet Users’ Rights / Angel Santiesteban”
By Karel Becerra * The compatriot José Conrado Rodríguez Alegre, known as Father Conrado, Catholic but above all Cuban, visited Argentina and among his activities he met in Buenos Aires with a group of Cubans and Argentinians who carry Cuba in their hearts. I went to the meeting with great interest because the Father Conrado … Continue reading “Father Conrado: Evangelist or Politico? / CID”
Intent to discredit UNPACU (Patriotic Union of Cuba) The machinery of the Castro regime’s State Security creates detractors, traitors, and division among the opposition; this has historically been its most persistent work. We learned that to confront the designs of the Castro brothers, is to enter the hall where they teach the “instruments” of psychological … Continue reading “Prison Diary XXXIX: State Security — Factory of Detractors and Betrayers / Angel Santiesteban”
We, the undersigned members of the plural group ALDECU (Cuban Democratic Alliance), issue this document in order to express our deep satisfaction with the success achieved by the scores of hunger strikers belonging to the valiant Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), headed by José Daniel Ferrer García, a member of our group. On Tuesday night ended … Continue reading “Declaration from Cuban Democratic Alliance on the Successful End of the Hunger Strike / ALDECU”
People of Cuba, people from Camaguey, and all compatriots: We are a group of peaceful human rights activists and pro-democracy opponents who today have met in the already emblematic Saratoga neighborhood in the city of Camaguey, where after fruitful exchange and work meeting, we are launching to the world this historic declaration in which we … Continue reading “Declaration of Saratoga / Jorge Luis Garcia – Antunez”
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”
Poster by Rolando Pulido 6 May 2013
The following article from yesterday is from “Pedazos de la Isla” (Pieces of the Island) — a news-blog in Spanish and English that keeps a special eye on El Oriente in Cuba (Eastern Cuba). Today the news continues to worsen with 17-year-old Enrique Lozada, striking to protest the unjust detention of his father, close to … Continue reading “Child Hunger Striker Close to Death”
Two different audiovisual have made me reflect again on our country’s future. The first, a recent BBC report on North Korea. It is one thing to read about this dystopian society and another to view images whose referent is the Orwellian nightmare. Politics is complicated, but they can not be good. Knowing them to be … Continue reading “Ode to Joy / Regina Coyula”
Orlando, Lia, and For Another Cuba are all asking for help to recharge the cellphone of Anger Antonio Blanco, activist and correspondent with the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), in Santiago de Cuba. You can recharge this phone and those of other bloggers and human rights activists by following the directions here: Direct Help to … Continue reading “Recharge Antonio Blanco’s Cellphone to Keep the News Coming Out of Cuba / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, Lia Villares, For Another Cuba”
By Pablo Pascual Méndez Piña HAVANA, Cuba, February 23, 2013 (Pablo Pascual Méndez / www.cubanet.org). Coinciding with the fourth anniversary of the death of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, the first meeting of Estado de Sats in 2013 was held on Saturday at its headquarters on 1st Street between 46 and 60, in the Havana neighborhood of … Continue reading “The United Nations Covenants Should Be Included in the Laws of the Nation / Estado de Sats, For Another Cuba”