Source: Amnesty International –
Increasing harassment and deterioration in the health of individuals detained for exercising human rights reveals a persistent pattern of repression and authoritarian practices.
Amnesty International is deeply concerned about a further escalation of arbitrary detention, illegal surveillance and harassment against relatives of prisoners of conscience and persons involved in prominent cases of state repression in Cuba. These recent events add to a context marked by the worsening health and conditions of detention of a number of individuals imprisoned solely for exercising their human rights.
“Constant surveillance of homes, short-term arbitrary detention and unjustified restrictions on leaving the home are part of a systematic pattern of authoritarian practices that the Cuban state is using to punish and deter any form of dissent,” said Johanna Cilano, Caribbean researcher at Amnesty International.
Constant surveillance of homes, short-term arbitrary detention and unjustified restrictions on leaving the home are part of a systematic pattern of authoritarian practices that the Cuban state is using to punish and deter any form of dissent.”
Johanna Cilano, Caribbean researcher at Amnesty International.