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6 Apr 2021 The Ministry of Foreign Relations (Minrex) of Cuba confirmed Monday that it had summoned the top American diplomat in the country, Embassy Chargé d’Affairs Timothy Zúñiga-Brown, to protest “flagrant and systematic violations of human rights in the United States.” The accusation followed the publication of the U.S. State Department’s 2020 report on international human rights, which detailed the situation in every country on earth. Cuba’s profile in the 2020 report was typically unflattering given the consistent use of state violence to silence dissidents, the lack of fr...

30 Cubans began hunger strike on March 20 to protest human rights violations, activists say Updated:  Tags:  MIAMI – In a pre-recorded message from Cuba, José Daniel Ferrer said he and others decided to start a hunger strike on March 20 to protest human rights violations. The prominent Cuban opposition leader said about 30 people are involved in the protest. That was down from 47 on Thursday. Most of them are on the eastern side of the island. Ferrer, the leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba, also known as UNPACU, said they are defending their right to be able to deliver food and medi...

Dissident leader Ferrer released by Cuba: supporter

The human rights activist José Daniel Ferrer says recent protests have left the regime on the back foot.

Sen. Menendez asks for ‘tangible results’ in possible negotiations with Cuba under Biden Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald © Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA/TNS Bob Menendez, D- N.J., speaks at the Capital Health Medical Center in Pennington, New Jersey, on Aug. 6, 2018. MIAMI — A group of senators, Cuban-American politicians, exile organizations, and members of the island’s opposition asked President Joe Biden Wednesday to condition any eventual negotiation with Cuba on improvements in human rights and political freedoms. Cuban-American Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., the new...