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01.05.2012 - Source:
Amnesty International 
"Further information on Urgent Action: 99/12 [AMR 25/016/2012]"
Prisoner of conscience José Daniel Ferrer García has been released, on condition that he gives up his political activism [ID 215455]
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01.05.2012 - Source:Amnesty International
"Further information on Urgent Action 100/12 [AMR 25/017/2012]"
Government critic Andrés Carrión Álvarez was released from prison on 13 April to await trial on a charge of “public disorder” for shouting “freedom” and “down with communism” before an open air mass given by the Pope [ID 215594]
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01.05.2012 - Source:Christian Solidarity Worldwide
"Cuba: Pastor Gude Perez refused exit visa as family faces indefinite separation "
The government continues to refuse to issue an exit visa to protestant Pastor Omar Gude Perez, 9 months after his family was first offered asylum by the US [ID 215788]
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13.04.2012 - Source:Amnesty International
"Further information on Urgent Action: 99/12 [AMR 25/015/2012]"
Prisoner of conscience and head of "Patriotic Union of Cuba" ("Union Patriótica de Cuba", UNPACU), José Daniel Ferrer García, has been held without charge for 10 days; 42 others arrested alongside him have been released [ID 214038]
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11.04.2012 - Source:Amnesty International
"Further information on Urgent Action 91/12 [AMR 25/014/2012]"
2 prisoners of conscience were released on bail after nearly 3 months in prison; they had been detained on 8 January and charged with using “violence or intimidation” against a state official [ID 213572]
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04.04.2012 - Source:Amnesty International
"Urgent Action 100/12 [AMR 25/013/2012]"
Santiago de Cuba: On 28 March, Andrés Carrión Álvarez, a government critic, was arrested at an open air mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI; local human rights organisations have been unable to confirm his whereabouts or whether he has been charged [ID 213266]
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04.04.2012 - Source:Amnesty International
"Urgent Action 99/12 [AMR 25/012/2012]"
Santiago de Cuba: On 2 April, authorities have arrested 43 government critics; most of them are members of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (Union Patriótica de Cuba, UNPACU) [ID 213267]
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03.04.2012 - Source:Christian Solidarity Worldwide
"Cuba: no progress in investigation into attack on Pastor Columbie"
Moa: Local officials have told the family of pastor Reutilio Columbie who was attacked in early February that they have no suspects in the case; the pastor continues to suffer from dizziness and intense nausea [ID 213637]
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30.03.2012 - Source:Christian Solidarity Worldwide
"Hundreds of dissidents released as the Pope leaves Cuba "
Following the end of the Pope's visit, hundreds of dissidents across the country were released after spending the week in prison or under house arrest to stop them from attending any of the religious activities surrounding his visit [ID 212862]
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28.03.2012 - Source:Amnesty International
"Cuban authorities round up activists and block communications as Pope ends visit"
Harassment against human rights activists during the Pope's visit [ID 212766]
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23.03.2012 - Source:Christian Solidarity Worldwide
"Cuba: dissidents in Holguin City on lockdown ahead of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit "
Holguin City: A number of dissidents are being prevented from leaving their homes; they are not allowed to travel to El Cobre for the Pope's visit on 26 March [ID 212858]
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23.03.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch
"Cuba: Halt Repression in Advance of Pope’s Visit"
Human rights activists detained and ill-treated by authorities ahead of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the country [ID 212551]
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22.03.2012 - Source:Amnesty International
"Urgent Action 92/12 [AMR 25/011/2012]"
Brothers Antonio Michel Lima Cruz and Marcos Máiquel Lima Cruz have been imprisoned since December 2010; they are members of the Cuban Council of Human Rights Rapporteurs and both are independent journalists; they were arrested as they played songs by a hip-hop group whose lyrics criticise the lack of freedom of expression [ID 212560]
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22.03.2012 - Source:Amnesty International
"Urgent Action 91/12 [AMR 25/010/2012]"
Yasmín Conyedo Riverón, a member of the Ladies in White, and her husband, Yusmani Rafael Álvarez Esmori have been detained since 8 January 2012 on charges of using “violence or intimidation” against a state official; the charge carries a prison sentence of up to 5 years [ID 212561]
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22.03.2012 - Source:BBC News
"Human rights in Cuba deteriorate, warns Amnesty"
The number of people intimidated and taken into custody has risen sharply over the past 2 years, according to a report by Amnesty International; there were 2,784 cases of human rights abuses between January and September 2011 [ID 212484]
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20.03.2012 - Source:Christian Solidarity Worldwide
"Cuba: Catholic dissident held in solitary confinement, barred from religious activities "
Caridad Caballero, a member of the Ladies in White, was arrested and imprisoned over the weekend along with her husband and teenage son, in order to prevent the family from attending Sunday morning church services; scores of other women, the majority linked to the Ladies in White, were also prevented from attending Sunday morning mass [ID 212857]
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19.03.2012 - Source:BBC News
"Cuban opposition activists arrested in Havana"
Havana: Police arrested dozens of opposition activists; most of those detained are members of the protest group 'Ladies in White', who are demanding the release of political prisoners [ID 212156]
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19.03.2012 - Source:BBC News
"Cuba's Ladies in White released after weekend arrest"
According to dissident sources, all the members of the 'Ladies in White' who were detained over the weekend ahead of a visit by the Pope were released [ID 212157]
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19.03.2012 - Source:Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
"Cuba Releases Activists Ahead Of Papal Visit"
70 members of Damas de Blanco opposition group, who were detained on 18 March 2012, have been released [ID 212381]
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16.03.2012 - Source:BBC News
"Catholic dissidents evicted from Havana church"
Havana: Group of dissidents, who had occupied a church ahead of the Pope's visit, are evicted from the building [ID 212014]
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15.03.2012 - Source:BBC News
"Cuba Catholic dissidents occupy church in Havana"
Havana: Group of dissidents occupies a Catholic church, demanding an audience with Pope Benedict when he visits the country on 26 March to speak to him about political repression [ID 212008]
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13.03.2012 - Source:Christian Solidarity Worldwide
"Cuba: CSW calls for investigation into attack that left pentecostal pastor with brain damage "
Violent attack on Pastor Reutilio Columbie of Shalom Christian Centre on 6 February, in which he suffered brain damage; the family was promised an investigation into the attack, but the promise was never realised [ID 212835]
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12.03.2012 - Source:Reporters Sans Frontières
"Enemies of the Internet 2012"
Report on governmental restrictions of freedom of expression on the Internet in 2011 [ID 211822]
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09.03.2012 - Source:Christian Solidarity Worldwide
"Cuba: Sharp increase in religious freedom violations ahead of Pope’s visit "
Increase in religious freedom violations ahead of planned Pope's visit in March [ID 212834]
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03.2012 - Source:US Commission on International Religious Freedom
"Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom"
Annual report on religious freedom (covering 1 April 2011 - 29 February 2012) [ID 216075]
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