In a lengthy and useful new report, Amnesty International is calling for the "immediate and unconditional release" of the 75 Cuban dissidents arrested and jailed this March in a series of show trials. (Some of the political prisoners have gone on hunger strike to protest conditions, which include harsh family-visitation regulations.) So as to deflect potential praise from the Amnesty-bashers out there, the report begins with a long throat-clearing that condemns the U.S. embargo, blaming it (rather speciously) for most of the island's ills. But there is also good detail about the legal cases, and a couple of bio paragraphs each on the 75 victims.
Reporters Without Borders has also published a handy guide, entitled Cuba, the World's Biggest Prison, that provides information on the 26 journalists included in Castro's latest crackdown.
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Oliver Stone|6.4.03 @ 2:33AM|#
You realize of course, that this is all just right-wing propaganda...
Howard Owens|6.4.03 @ 3:08AM|#
I'm Castro will immediately comply.
Tim Stich|6.4.03 @ 3:11AM|#
Hey Jerry Bruckheimer. Would it be possible to start production of "The Buena Vista Social Club II, The Castro Assassination" ASAP? Ry Cooder is ready to sign on. You could play those soothing beats over the murder scene. I would suggest a Trotsky redo, but you know how to make it real man.
Croesus|6.4.03 @ 3:51AM|#
Where are the Republicans screaming out the bias of AI?
fyodor|6.4.03 @ 4:34AM|#
Re Tim Stich's post, I couldn't understand why everyone thought that movie portrayed a favorable view of Castro's Cuba. From what I could gather, all those great old musicians were stars back in the era BEFORE Castro and had languished since, till Cooder came on the scene. Where does Castro get off getting credit??
Tim Stich|6.4.03 @ 4:48AM|#
fyodor,
I didn't particularly find B.V.S.C. portrayed Castro's Cuba in a favorable light. Cooder was just high on the tunes.
Fields|6.5.03 @ 7:56AM|#
Won't be long now. Good 5-cent cigars are on their way back.