Cuba Goes Before UN Rights Body in May
Review will focus on what government promised to do, but those pledges ignored key recommendations on civil and political rights.
11 Mar 13
Cuba
Cuban Journalist on Second Hunger Strike
Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias spent 33 days on prison protest in November-December.
8 Mar 13
Failing Farms Force Cuba to Import Food
Cost of buying in foodstuffs from abroad is heavy burden on government.
5 Mar 13
Squatters Take Over State Land in Cuba
They hope that after initial warnings, the authorities will relent and give them the land.
5 Mar 13
Farm Produce Goes to Waste in Cuba
In Mayabeque province, farmers say the government's distribution network is failing them.
4 Mar 13
Cuban Groups Say No End to Repression
As well as formal detention, the authorities employ mobs to intimidate their critics.
1 Mar 13
Five Months On, Cuban Journalist Still Held for Castro "Insult"
Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias is one of two reporters in jail for asking difficult questions.
27 Feb 13
Self-Harm Common in Cuban Prisons
Inmates resort to extreme methods that can leave them disabled.
26 Feb 13
House Arrest for Cuban Journalist
Released after 12 days in jail, Héctor Julio Cedeño Negrín denies charge that he hit a policeman.
22 Feb 13
Three Members of Dissident Family Face Trial in Cuba
After son refuses to do military service, he and his parents are charged with assaulting police.
15 Feb 13
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