CUBA POLITICS SECTION - Havana Journal > Humanitarian
Anti-Castro militant pardon overturned
By JUAN ZAMORANO | AP
Panama’s Supreme Court overturned a presidential pardon of four Cuban emigres accused of plotting to kill Fidel Castro, including former CIA operative Luis Posada Carriles, officials said Tuesday.
The court ruled late Monday that 180 pardons granted in 2004 by outgoing President Mireya Moscoso — including of the four Cubans — were unconstitutional, leaving open the possibility that many of those formerly cleared could return to jail.
The attorney in Panama for Posada, Rogelio Cruz, said he believes Panama may request his client’s…
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Miami Herald
Cuban authorities have released six dissidents who were briefly detained just hours after the European Union had totally lifted its sanctions on the island, saying there had been signs of improvements in Cuba’s human rights.
The dissidents were detained Friday morning as they staged a protest near an office of the Ministry of Interior, in charge of domestic security, in the city of Matanzas.
All had been released by early Saturday.
News reports from Havana identified the six as Jorge Luis ‘’Antúnez’’ García Pérez; his wife, Iraida Pérez; Idania Yanes;…
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By Nat Hentoff
American advocates of more “constructive” relationships with Communist Cuba have been heartened by Raul Castro’s permitting Cubans to actually buy — for the first time, if they can afford them — cell phones, DVD players and computers. Another indication that Raul is more flexible than his hardline, ailing brother are “The Sopranos” reruns on Cuban television. You know what happened to anyone who crossed Tony.
George W. Bush was dead right to emphasize that this cosmetic policy is “a worthless piece of paper” with regard to changing Big Brother Fidel’s fundamental legacy until,…
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By DANICA COTO | Associated Press
A leading Cuban dissident said Tuesday that he plans to return to the communist-run island after a nearly two-year absence to fight for the freedom of political prisoners.
Hector Palacios, who was in Puerto Rico for a two-day visit, told reporters that he and his wife Gisela Delgado — also a Cuban dissident — would soon travel back to their Caribbean homeland to resume leadership of his outlawed opposition group, Liberal Unity.
Palacios, 66, was incarcerated in 2003 on charges of undermining Cuba’s communist system. He was released…
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Bloomberg
Normando Hernandez Gonzalez, a gravely ill dissident Cuban writer, was secretly returned three weeks ago from a Havana military hospital to solitary confinement in Kilo 7, a backwater prison, his mother confirmed today.
The transfer took place May 7, Blanca Gonzalez said in a telephone interview from her home in Miami. The move came less than three months after the government of Raul Castro assured the Vatican that there would be ``more openness’’ in the treatment of dissidents and critics.
News of the transfer was revealed in an e-mail that Bloomberg News received…
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AP
Cuban police violently broke up a dissidents’ meeting, leaving at least two people in need of medical treatment, opposition sources said Monday.
At least 30 people were detained briefly after a weekend raid on the home of well-known dissident Jorge Luis “Atunez” Garcia Perez in the central city of Placetas, opposition leader Martha Beatriz Roque said in a communique sent to journalists by fax.
Veteran dissident Elizardo Sanchez said he independently confirmed the details of the raid and that all who were detained were later released.
At least two people needed…
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Cuban sting shows US diplomat handing over cash to dissidents
Cuba has accused Washington of illegally funding opposition groups on the island after conducting an elaborate sting on a dissident who met a US diplomat.
The government published emails, letters, videos and audio tapes which purportedly showed a political activist, Martha Beatriz Roque, receiving monthly payments from Michael Parmly, the head of the US interests section in Havana.
“We have a right to know all about this dark drama,” said Felipe Pérez Roque, the foreign minister.
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