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Cuban Regime Intensifies Repression Against Pro-Democracy Group UNPACU

The following is a compilation of recent reports by Jose Daniel Ferrer, ex 75 political prisoner, and executive secretary of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU):From Sunday September 20th to date the dictatorship of the Castro brothers in Cuba has intensified...

Names of Activists Arrested after Receiving Pope Francis Blessing in Havana

As broadcast in Univision, “state security officers took away by force” four human rights activists “seeking to communicate with Pope Francis as the pontiff headed to his first Mass in Cuba on Sunday.”In fact, “one of them managed to...

In a Photographer’s Own Words: “I Have A Dream: The Ladies in White”

I have a dream: Ladies in WhiteBy Hana JakrlovaI feel sorry for the Pope for not meeting the dissidents while in Cuba. Going to Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White) silent march in Havana was the strongest experience of my visit in the country.Growing up in communist...

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...