Spotlight on Cuba: Crackdown on Dissidents

Non-Governmental Organizations:

American Association of Newspaper Editors, Virginia, United States

Letter Protesting the Jailing of Cuban Journalists, April 10, 2003

Statement: ASNE Protests Jailing of Cuban Journalists, March 20, 2003

Amnesty International, London, UK

Report: Cuba: Five Years Too Many, March 18, 2008

Report 2007: Cuba, May 23, 2007

Report: Cuba: Amnesty International’s Human Rights Concerns, January 29, 2007

Report 2006: Cuba, May 23, 2006

Report: Cuba: Fundamental freedoms still under attack, March 17, 2006

Statement: Cuba: No Dissent Allowed, August 9, 2005

Report: Prisoners of conscience: 71 longing for freedom, March 18, 2005

Press release: Releases of Prisoners of Conscience Should Continue, June 25, 2004

Report: One Year Too Many: Prisoners of Conscience from the March Crackdown, March 16, 2004

Document: Newly Declared Prisoners of Conscience, January 28, 2004

Report 2004: Cuba, Amnesty International, December 2003

Document: Ongoing Repercussions of the Crackdown, July 30, 2003

Report: Cuba: "Essential Measures"? Human Rights Crackdown in the Name of Security, June 3, 2003

Press release: Executions Mark an Unjustifiable Erosion in Human Rights, April 14, 2003

Press release: Heavy Prison Sentences - A Giant Step Backwards for Human Rights, April 8, 2003

Document: Massive Crackdown on Dissent, April 3, 2003

Authorities Should Respect International Human Rights Standards, April 3, 2003

Urgent action: Possible Prisoners of Conscience, March 19, 2003

The Carter Center, Atlanta, United States

Official Statement by Former US President Jimmy Carter on Cuba, March 21, 2003

Committee to Protect Journalists, New York, United States

Report: Cuba’s Long Black Spring, March 18, 2008

Countries that have jailed journalists: Cuba, December 5, 2007

In Cuba Health of Jailed Journalists Deteriorates, June 20, 2007

News Alert: The CPJ condemns the four-year prison sentence handed down on a Cuban independent journalist after a one-day trial on a charge of “social dangerousness”, Cuban Journalist Sentenced to Prison, April 19, 2007

News Alert: The CPJ urges acting president of Cuba to immediately release all jailed journalists, March 15, 2007

News Alert: Health of Jailed Cuban Journalists Deteriorates, July 11, 2005

Report: Attacks on the Press 2004, March 14, 2005

Report: In imprisoning journalists, four countries stand out, February 3, 2005

News alert: Prominent US and Latin American Journalists Call for Release of Imprisoned Cuban Journalist, March 16, 2004

Annual International Press Freedom Award to Manuel Vázquez Portal, September 25, 2003

News altert: CPJ Alarmed by Deteriorating Health of Journalist, August 11, 2003

News altert: CPJ Condemns Trials of Independent Journalists, April 4, 2003

Fundación para el Análisis y los Estudios Sociales, Madrid, Spain

Statement asking for the release of political prisoners: Manifiesto, September 15, 2004

Human Rights First, New York, United States

Report: Time for Cuba to Release HR Defenders, March 18, 2008

Advocacy alert: Update on Imprisoned Cuban Dissident in Need of Medical Treatment, August 25, 2003

Human Rights Watch, United States

Press release: Cuba: Fidel Castro’s Abusive Machinery Remains Intact, February 19, 2008

World Report 2008: Cuba, January 31, 2008

Report: World Report 2006: Cuba, January 2006

Report: Human Rights Concerns for the 61st Session of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, March 10, 2005

Joint statement by several human rights organizations: One Year After the Crackdown, March 18, 2004

News: Heavy Sentences are "Totally Unjustified", April 7, 2003

News: Unfair Trials of Nonviolent Dissidents, April 3, 2003

News: Release Dissidents Now, March 21, 2003

Inter-American Press Association, Miami, United States

Press release: IAPA Concerned of Harassment of Relatives of Imprisoned Journalists, March 19, 2004

Press release: IAPA Calls for Cuba to Free Jailed Independent Journalists, March 18, 2004

Press release: Conclusions from IAPA's 59th General Assembly, October 14, 2003

Press release: IAPA Protests Conviction of Cuban Journalists. President Calls on Region’s Governments to Urge World Court to Intervene, April 7, 2003

Press release: IAPA Calls for Worldwide Support in the Darkest Hours for Journalism in Cuba, April 4, 2003

Press release: IAPA calls for jailed journalists to be freed and end to hostilities against the press in Cuba. IAPA calls for release of Raúl Rivero, March 25, 2003 (Spanish)

International Committee for Democracy in Cuba, Prague, Czech Republic

Statement: Europe Needs Solidarity Over Cuba, March 18, 2008

Final declaration signed by attendants to the Prague Summit: The Prague Memorandum, September 19, 2004

International Federation for Human Rights, Paris, France

Letter: Open Letter to Fidel Castro, April 3, 2003

International Press Institute, Vienna, Austria

Report: World Press Freedom Review 2005: Cuba, March 30, 2006

Media alert: Human Rights First Condemns Persecution of Human Rights Defenders

Advocacy alert: Medical Treatment Required for Imprisoned Cuban Dissident, June 5, 2003

Statement: Human Rights First Condemns Arrests and Detention of Dissidents in Cuba, April 14, 2003

Reporters Without Borders, Paris, France

Report: Black Spring Five Years After, March 14, 2008

Report: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007, October 16, 2007

Letter from RWB to the Spanish government on the eve of its Foreign Minister’s visit to Cuba asking for the release of political prisoners, March 30, 2007

News Alert: Spring Just as Sombre for Independent Press, March 15, 2007

Cuba: Annual Report 2007, February 1, 2007

World Wide Press Freedom Index 2006, October 23, 2006

Report: March 18, 2003 to March 18, 2006 : Three years after "black spring" the independent press refuses to remain in the dark, March 16, 2006

Letter: EU’s British presidency asked to intercede in new crackdown in Cuba, August 29, 2005

Report: 21 Journalists Imprisoned Since March 2003, January 27, 2005

Cuba - Annual Report, May 3, 2004

World Press Freedom Ranking: Cuba second from last, October 20, 2003

Press release: Open Letter from Reporters Without Borders to Lula, September 23, 2003

Press release: Three Jailed Journalists on Hunger Strike, August 25, 2003

Press release: Confirmation of Heavy Prison Sentences Against Two Arrested Journalists, June 5, 2003

Press release: Outrage Over Prison Conditions of Newly Convicted Journalists, May 21, 2003

Press release: Twelve Press Freedom Organizations Call for Release of Jailed Journalists in Cuba, May 17, 2003

Press release: Reporters Without Borders Condemns Transfer of Journalists to Prisons Far from their Homes, April 26, 2003

Press Release: First Family Visits for Jailed Journalists, March 27, 2003

Socialist International, London, UK

Resolution of the XXII Congress, October 29, 2003

Spanish Solidarity with Cuba

Guía Turística y Solidaria de Cuba, July 10, 2006

Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), Washington, D.C., United States

Press release: One Year After Arrests in Cuba, WOLA Urges Prisoners' Release, March 17, 2004

Press release: WOLA Criticizes Arrests, Expresses Concern About US-Cuban Relations, April 3, 2003

World Medical Association, France

Press release: World Medical Association Pleads for Doctors and Dentists Imprisoned in Cuba, March 27, 2004