7/2/2014
HAVANA – The dissident Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN) said on Tuesday that at least 963 arrests were made for political reasons last month on the Communist-ruled island.
In its monthly report, the commission noted the cases of independent journalists Guillermo Fariñas and Roberto de Jesus Guerra, and of former political prisoner Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia.
The commission said that Fariñas, a resident of the central city of Santa Clara, was detained almost every Monday in June, as he was during the previous month, “to prevent his organization from holding the meetings it had planned,” and said that he was “submitted on almost every one of those occasions to the torture of being confined in extremely cold temperatures.”
The group also said there have been “physical aggression and other forms of intimidation” against members of the Ladies in White movement, and that the members of the Cuban Network of Community Communicators, directed by ex-political prisoner Maria Beatriz Roque, have been the target of “systematic detentions and other forms of harassment.”
Judging by that record, the opposition commission considers that “political repression of peaceful dissidents and of the political opposition continued, beyond any small variations of purely statistical importance.”
Another communique from the group, released in late June, said that the number of political prisoners in Cuba has now risen to 114.
The Cuban government considers dissidents to be “counterrevolutionaries” and “mercenaries” at the service of the United States.
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In its monthly report, the commission noted the cases of independent journalists Guillermo Fariñas and Roberto de Jesus Guerra, and of former political prisoner Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia.
The commission said that Fariñas, a resident of the central city of Santa Clara, was detained almost every Monday in June, as he was during the previous month, “to prevent his organization from holding the meetings it had planned,” and said that he was “submitted on almost every one of those occasions to the torture of being confined in extremely cold temperatures.”
The group also said there have been “physical aggression and other forms of intimidation” against members of the Ladies in White movement, and that the members of the Cuban Network of Community Communicators, directed by ex-political prisoner Maria Beatriz Roque, have been the target of “systematic detentions and other forms of harassment.”
Judging by that record, the opposition commission considers that “political repression of peaceful dissidents and of the political opposition continued, beyond any small variations of purely statistical importance.”
Another communique from the group, released in late June, said that the number of political prisoners in Cuba has now risen to 114.
The Cuban government considers dissidents to be “counterrevolutionaries” and “mercenaries” at the service of the United States.
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