Cuba: Castro regime escalates repression and arrests of dissidents
While most of the world's news agencies are busy reporting on morbidly obese dance companies in Cuba and dog shows in Havana, the Castro dictatorship continues its violent escalation of repression and arrests of dissidents.
Arrests, Arrests and More Arrests
See if you can identify the trend.Last month, there were 410 documented political arrests by the Castro regime in Cuba.
Compare that to 257 documented political arrests in November 2011 and 244 documented political arrests in November 2010.
In the last 11 months, there have been 6,035 documented political arrests in Cuba.
Compare that to 4,123 documented political arrests in all of 2011 and 2,074 documented political arrests in all of 2010.
This year, the average number of documented political arrests -- thus far -- is 549 per month.
Compare that to an average of 343 political arrests per month in 2011 and 172 arrests per month in 2010.
More "reform" you can't believe in.
Data courtesy of the Cuba Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation.
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