Shalom Cuba- Issue 8

. Issue 8 | May, 2017

A publication of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS)

NEWS Cuban activists denounce new methods of repression  By Nora Gamez Torres  While the new U.S. president's policies on Cuba remain uncertain, the government in Havana appears to be more nervous about its domestic opposition than usual...  Read story » Cuban activist expelled from university  By Christian Solidarity Worldwide  Felix Yuniel Llerena López, a 20 year-old religious freedom defender, has been expelled from the Enrique José Varona Pedagogical University in Havana, following an advocacy visit to the United States... Read story » EU-Cuba High-level discussion on human rights in Brussels  The EU underlined the importance of complying with international human rights electoral standards, including free access to media and to information, freedoms of expression, association and assembly so that voices from different parts of the political spectrum can be heard and participate... Read story » SPOTLIGHT What Life Is Like for Jews in Cuba  By Dovid Margolin  Throughout its lifespan as a Communist nation, the Soviet Union held captive one of the largest Jewish populations on earth. By contrast, 94 percent of Cuba’s Jewish community left soon after Castro’s revolution, escaping to the freedom of the United States or Israel...  Read story » Number of Political Prisoners in Cuba Doubles as Castro Dictatorship Ramps Up Repression  By Karina Martin  The number of political prisoners in Cuba has doubled since last year, and shows no sign of declining. The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation released a report that revealed the island’s government has increased its number of political prisoners to twice of what it had the previous year... Read story » Havana lashes out against Trump’s May 20 message to the Cuban people  By Nora Gamez Torres  vana has reacted strongly to a statement issued by President Donald Trump to the Cuban people over the weekend to mark the 115th anniversary of the birth of the Republic of Cuba. A statement read on Cuban state television on Saturday described Trump’s message as “controversial” and “ridiculous”... Read story »

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