DESPITE OPPRESSION, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZES EVENTS FOR 5,000 CHILDREN ACROSS CUBA
Over several months, Cuban civil society groups, facilitated by the Foundation and led mainly by local human rights activists, have worked hand in hand within their communities to organize and host children’s events nation-wide in order to commemorate Three Kings Day,...
Social and Political “Cleansing” in Anticipation of Pope’s Cuba Visit
Miami, FL – Over the course of the last 48 hours The Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba (FHRC) and the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF) have been receiving disturbing reports from Cuba regarding the temporary arrests, harassment and intimidation on the part...WILL POPE FRANCIS SEE THE REAL CUBA?
Miami, FL – As His Holiness Pope Francis prepares to embark on his first official papal visit to Cuba this coming weekend, the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF) and the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba (FHRC) feel obliged to provide a glimpse into a Cuba...
“MARCH MADNESS” IN HAVANA: ONGOING REPRESSION MET WITH INCREASED SOLIDARITY BY CUBA’S HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
Miami, FL – For the sixteenth consecutive Sunday, the Ladies in White movement reported excessive repression and politically motivated arrests as a response to their weekly, nonviolent marches in Havana.According to Ladies in White Leader, Berta Soler, “after the...