Human Rights in Cuba
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This Human Rights Watch report assesses the status of human rights in Cuba in 1992. Covers rights violations including poor prison conditions, restrictions on academics and journalists, and long prison terms for dissidents. Argues that the system of control is part of the government’s attempt to maintain power. Canadian Foundation for the Americas. Cubasource. http://www.cubasource.org/index_e.asp.
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