According to a United Nations report on the Human rights situation in Cuba, contained in an information package on Cuba produced by the United States INS, there is a Havana-based trade union called the Peace and Love Christian Movement (11 Jan. 1995). According to the source, this organization is among several recently established trade unions that are still considered illegal and whose members are being harassed by the authorities (ibid.). No further information on this topic could be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

United Nations. Economic and Social Council Commission on Human Rights. 11 January 1995. (E/CN.4/1995/52). Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Cuba, Prepared by the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Carl-Johan Groth, in Accordance with Commission Resolution 1994/71. (INS Information Packet Series: Cuba. June 1995)

United Nations. Economic and Social Council Commission on Human Rights. 11 January 1995. (E/CN.4/1995/52). Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Cuba, Prepared by the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Carl-Johan Groth, in Accordance with Commission Resolution 1994/71, p. 10-11. (INS Information Packet Series: Cuba. June 1995)

Amnesty international Bulletins and releases.

Contemporary Religions: A World Guide. 1992. London: Longman Group UK.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports. Daily.

Human Rights Watch (HRW). News from America's Watch.

Latin America Press [Lima]. Weekly.

On-line searches of news articles.

Oral sources.

Trade Unions of the World 1992-93. 1991. London: Longman Group UK.