GENEVA, March 7, 2019 – The Swiss non-governmental human rights group United Nations Watch announced today, in a written filing that will be circulated next week by the UN Human Rights Council ahead of its March 12th debate on human rights situations that require the world’s attention, that Cuba’s most …
Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez told reporters at a press conference in Havana this week that the U.S. amendments were “a political maneuver,” that he said was trying to erode the strong international support Cuba has received over the years during the vote on the US embargo. GENEVA, November 1, 2018 …
Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez told reporters at a press conference in Havana this week that the U.S. amendments were “a political maneuver,” that he said was trying to erode the strong international support Cuba has received over the years during the vote on the US embargo. GENEVA, October 28, 2018 …
RADIO MARTI, August 29, 2018—An NGO associated with the United Nations has shown interest in the health of a prominent Cuban political prisoner. The organization’s complaint on the conditions of his detention were sent to the Castro regime’s General Prosecutor’s Office, according to information …
UN Watch hopes to exert pressure on Cuba GENEVA, July 26, 2018 – Human rights lawyers lodged a legal complaint with the UN today to demand that Cuba release Dr. Eduardo Cardet, a dissident who has been jailed, severely beaten and denied medical treatment since his violent arrest on November 30, 2016. The …
GENEVA, April 16, 2018 – A Swiss-based watchdog organization today called on the world body not to elect a “rogues’ gallery of the world’s worst human rights abusers” to the 19-nation UN committee that accredits human rights organizations, including candidate countries Iran, Russia, …
MEMBERS: Saudi Arabia Iraq, Cuba, China, Qatar, Angola, Burundi, Pakistan, Venezuela, DR Congo, Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates… Meet the 2018 membership of the U.N. Human Rights Council, elected by the United Nations with the mandate to “uphold the highest standards in the promotion and …
U.N. human rights council expert Virginia Dandan visited Cuba this past week and said she did not meet with any opposition members because “I do not know what you mean by opposition. I honestly do not know who is in opposition.” Cuban dissidents now call her “the expert who does not ask …
Rosa Maria Paya – Daughter of Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya, the victim of assassination by Cuban regime “Because of the dictatorship, the whole population has been forced into poverty and live without the most basic human rights.” “The regime’s intelligence apparatus and the powerful …
Cuba is running for a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council on Oct. 28, 2016 Cuba’s official UN campaign pledge includes the following absurd claims: Cuba attaches the “greatest importance” to international cooperation for the “promotion and protection” of all human rights within the …
