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UNPACU lanches a campaign to recruit “massive” number of activists in Cuba

The Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) has issued the following press release:*****************************February 16, 2015The Patriotic Union of Cuba, UNPACU, has as a main objective to recruit, capacitate, train and lead in a nonviolent struggle the largest possible...

Group of nonviolent activists pummeled by Cuban state security

According to Martí News, “more than twenty opposition activists from the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) were physically beaten on Thursday February 5th by forces of [Cuban] State Security in the Santiago locality of Palma Soriano.” According to...

Trio of UNPACU activists receive prison sentences. Repression against independent group increases.

According to Martí News, “repression against the opposition group Patriotic Union of Cuba … especially in the east of the country, has increased.”Additionally, a total of three activist members of UNPACU “received confirmation of their...

Black spring activists demand right to travel abroad.

Twelve of Cuba’s “Black Spring” activists who remain on the island have asked the Minister of Justice to clarify what their legal status is and to restore their political and civil rights, including their right to travel.In a letter signed on...

Cuba’s Patriotic Union signs alliance in the Isle of Pines

Cuba’s Patriotic Union (UNPACU), established mainly in Santiago de Cuba, but with representation in many provinces of the island, has signed an alliance with the Cuban opposition group Pinero Autonomous Party (PAP) in the Isle of Pines.José Daniel Ferrer,...