No Human Rights Improvement in Cuba – NGOs

NGOs in Cuba say the transition from Fidel to Raul Castro has failed to improve the human rights situation in Cuba. Their comments come ahead of last week’s United Nations hearings into that country’s human rights record.

Human Rights Watch's director for the Americas, Jose Miguel Vivanco, pointed out that, "Despite the passing of power from Fidel to Raul Castro, the regime's repressive machine, which was constructed over 50 years, is intact and fundamental rights continue to be systematically denied."

In a similar vein, Reporters without Borders’ George Gordon-Lennox, highlighted threats to journalists.

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