| Title | Cuba: Government crackdown on dissent |
| Publisher | Amnesty International |
| Publication Date | 1 April 1996 |
| Country | Cuba |
| Topics | Arbitrary arrest and detention | Constitutional law | Freedom of assembly and association | Freedom of expression | Human rights activists | Opposition | Persecution based on political opinion |
| Citation / Document Symbol | AMR 25/014/1996 |
| Reference | Amnesty International is a worldwide voluntary movement that works to prevent some of the gravest violations by governments of people's fundamental human rights. The main focus of its campaigning is to: free all prisoners of conscience people detained an |
| Cite as | Amnesty International, Cuba: Government crackdown on dissent, 1 April 1996, AMR 25/014/1996, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6a9974.html [accessed 7 June 2023] |
| Comments | This document chronicles the actions taken over the past few months by the Cuban Government to prevent unofficial groups of various kinds from freely exercising their rights to freedom of association, assembly and expression. In particular, it traces the history of Concilio Cubano, Cuban Concilium, a coalition of some 140 unofficial groups which was established in October 1995, against whom the authorities launched a major operation in February 1996 resulting in the imprisonment of two of its leaders. Other members of groups belonging to Concilio Cubano are likely to face trial. |
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