From our Bureau of Socialist Tolerance, Compassion, and Social Justice
No surprise here for anyone who follows what has been going on in Cuba. But for those who are ignorant and those who lean to the left, this report from Jar-Jar Biden’s State Department might seem shocking or a pack of lies. Yeah, the folks who are demanding that Cuba be taken off the list of terror-sponsoring states and that the “blockade” be lifted, it will probably seem inconceivable that the man who served as Obama’s vice-president would allow any such report to be released. But the harsh truth is that this document offers ample proof and plenty of details about what is really going on in Castrogonia.
Loosely translated from Diario de Cuba
The US Department of State presented its annual report on the practice of human rights in Cuba during 2023. The document highlighted, “There were no significant changes in the human rights situation in Cuba during the year,” providing a comprehensive overview of topics such as respect for freedoms, government corruption, discrimination, social abuses, workers’ rights, repression, and human trafficking.
“Among the important human rights issues are credible reports of arbitrary or unlawful executions, including extrajudicial executions; torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment by the government; harsh and potentially life-threatening prison conditions; arbitrary arrests and detentions; serious problems with judicial independence; political prisoners; transnational repression against individuals in another country; arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy; punishment of relatives for alleged offenses committed by a family member; serious restrictions on freedom of expression and freedom of the press, including violence or threats of violence against journalists, unjustified arrests, or prosecutions of journalists.”
The report also highlighted that Cuban citizens on the island are subjected to “censorship, serious restrictions on internet freedom; substantial interference with peaceful assembly and association, including overly restrictive laws on the organization, funding, or operation of non-governmental organizations and civil society; restrictions on religious freedom; restrictions on freedom of movement and residence within the country and the right to leave the country.”
Furthermore, the document emphasized the “inability of citizens to peacefully change their government through free and fair elections; severe and unreasonable restrictions on political participation; severe government corruption; widespread gender-based violence, including femicide and other forms of such violence; human trafficking, including a policy or pattern of state-sponsored forced labor; and the prohibition of independent unions and significant, systematic restrictions on workers’ freedom of association.”
“In Cuba, according to reports, more than 1,000 political prisoners are unjustly detained and subjected to mistreatment; their families are also targeted with threats,” the document added. Additionally, the report insisted on categorizing the regime’s medical missions abroad as “state-sponsored forced labor.”
continue reading HERE in Spanish and click HERE for the full report in English