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Diplomacy “In Action”

Or should the State Department website header read "Diplomacy Inaction?" You decide. Here's the official statement from the administration on the beatings of Yoani, Claudia and Orlando in Cuba:

Assault on Cuban Bloggers

Ian Kelly
Department Spokesman
Washington, DC
November 9, 2009

The U.S. government strongly deplores the assault on bloggers Yoani Sanchez, Orlando Luis Pardo, and Claudia Cadelo. On November 6, these three activists were forcibly detained by plain clothes security personnel and beaten while en route to a peaceful demonstration in Havana.

The President has proclaimed November 9 World Freedom Day. It is precisely this sort of repression and violence against the voices of freedom and reconciliation that World Freedom Day is meant to expose. We call on the Government of Cuba to ensure the full respect of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all its citizens.

We have expressed to the Cuban government our deep concern with the assaults, and we are following up with inquiries to Yoani Sanchez, Orlando Luis Pardo, and Claudia Cadelo regarding their personal well-being and access to medical care.

In other words, we'll gloss over this at our next chit chat with regime officials over mojitos, if we have time to mention it at all.

1 comment to Diplomacy “In Action”

  • "The U.S. government strongly deplores the assault on bloggers Yoani Sanchez, Orlando Luis Pardo, and Claudia Cadelo. . . ."

    But not as strongly as they deplore the working of Honduran constitutional law when it is enforced to save the country from a Chavista bent on stripping his countrymen of democracy and freedom.

    StJacques
    StJacques Online: A Freedom Blog