Cuba Un-Libre

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.