The intolerant and repressive policies of the Cuban government have claimed a new victim. This time it was the 31 year old dissident Wilman Villar, who joined the lines of public dissidents (mostly from the Cuban Patriotic Union) in a march on October of 2011 in Cuba’s western region. On the 24th of November 2011Longwordhere

Banes, Holguín. 1 November 2010. On the morning of October 31st after attending Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Charity Church in the municipality of Banes, Holguin, 46 activists and family members of murdered Cuban political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo carried out a public march along the streets of that city to the cemetery whereLongwordhere

  Representatives of the European Union (EU) said they were pleased with the Cuban government’s decision to release 52 political prisoners, but reiterated their demand that all imprisoned dissidents be released, reported the media in Brussels (IPS). The measure taken by the island’s authorities could contribute to the end of the Common Position, the EuropeanLongwordhere

For the last 100 days, independent Cuban journalist Guillermo Fariñas has been on a hunger strike in Santa Clara, in central Cuba, demanding the release of 26 political prisoners who the Castro brothers are unjustly imprisoning despite their deteriorated health condition. Fariñas has insisted he will take his protest to the bitter end, to whichLongwordhere

The European Parliament (EP) on Thursday condemned the human rights situation in Cuba after the death of opposition Orlando Zapata Tamayo, a majority of 509 votes for and 30 against (11/3/2010). The EP also called on the Cuban regime to “immediately and unconditionally release all political prisoners and of conscience”. Furthermore, the EP expressed itsLongwordhere

  Prisoner Julio Santos Hernandez, 31 years old and is held in the Provincial Prison of Pinar del Rio (Kilo 5 1 / 2) has suffered a brutal beating at the hands of their jailers, according to the blog Kubasepia (5/3/2010). Santos Hernandez is in serious health condition, with brain necrosis as a result ofLongwordhere

A week after the death of jailed Cuban dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo, a journalist on a hunger strike is seriously ill while health conditions of imprisoned reporters remain dire. As the seventh anniversary of the massive crackdown on dissidents approaches on March 18, the Committee to Protect Journalists renews its call for the Cuban governmentLongwordhere

   Prisoners of conscience of the group of 75, imprisoned in the maximum security prison Combinado del Este, on the outskirts of Havana, called Monday for fasting and Bible readings in commemoration of March 18, “date nefarious that the seventh anniversary of the infamous crackdown that led to prison unjustly to a worthy group ofLongwordhere

  List of events in honor of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, who died on Tuesday 23 February after 85 days of hunger strike to demand the rights of all Cubans: Friday 26, 8.00 PM: “Vigil for the murder of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo. Location: Monument to the Martyrs of Brigade 2506 SW 8th Street andLongwordhere

  The Global Cuba Solidarity Movement condemns and regrets the death of Cuban activist Orlando Zapata Tamayo, after an 85-day hunger strike in defense of his rights as a political prisoner, and offers its condolences to his mother, Lady in White Reina Luisa Tamayo, and his remaining family members and friends. Zapata, detained and unjustlyLongwordhere