Cuba: Stop Imprisoning Peaceful Dissidents

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In: Americas, Antonio Michel Lima Cruz, Cuba, David Piloto, dissidents, Elizardo Sanchez, Free Expression, Human Rights Defenders, Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva, Luis Enrique Labrador, Marcos Maikel Lima Cruz, Pedro Luis Boitel, Press release, Prisons, summary trials, Valle Grande, Walfrido Rodriguez, Yordani Martinez
The conviction of six dissidents in summary trials for doing no more than exercising their fundamental rights highlights the continuing abuse of the criminal justice system to repress dissent in Cuba. Raúl Castro’s government should immediately release the prisoners, who were given sentences ranging from two to five years in prison, and cease all politically motivated repression against Cubans who exercise their fundamental freedoms.

(Washington, DC) – The conviction of six dissidents in summary trials for doing no more than exercising their fundamental rights highlights the continuing abuse of the criminal justice system to repress dissent in Cuba, Human Rights Watch said today.

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