Raúl Castro

...(HRW) details a skein of cruel pressures on dissidents, relatives and friends that belie initial hopes Raul Castro would be different. ``Castro inherited a system of abusive laws and institutions. . . . Rather than dismantle this repressive...

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Cuba's Raul Castro has kept the system his brother Fidel used to repress critics, refusing to free scores of people imprisoned years ago and jailing others for "dangerousness," Human Rights Watch said in a report issued on Wednesday.

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...conducting interviews. "The dangerousness provision is not a new law. It was on the books before Raul Castro came to power. But, it has become Raul Castro's repressive tool of choice," Steinberg said. Human Rights Watch, an independent,...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cuba's Raul Castro has kept the system his brother Fidel used to repress critics, refusing to free scores of people imprisoned years ago and jailing others for "dangerousness," Human Rights Watch said in a report...

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Cuban repression has increased under Raul Castro, says watchdog Fidel Castro's brother has crushed dissent since taking over power, according to Human Rights Watch Cuban president Raul Castro, who took over from his brother Fidel in...

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Report: Cuba's human rights as abused under Raul Castro as Fidel Although the report on Raul Castro emphasized that ``there is no question the Cuban government bears full and exclusive responsibility for the abuses,'' it also proposed...

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...dissidents and, when it comes to expression of political views, in Cuban society as a whole." </p><p>Fidel Castro ceded power to Raul Castro first on an interim basis in 2006, then permanently in February 2008. Human rights activists had...

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