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Re: Dan Christensen: Cuba's human rights abuses a "Sunday school

by PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 28, 2008 at 12:41 PM

Dan Christensen wrote:
> On Apr 27, 2:01 pm, chris <christiane.stock...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Mr. Christensen,
>>
>> Could you please share with us your views on freedom of speech and
>> human rights in Cuba.
>> Please: no ravings and rantings about other countries.
>>
> 
> Cubans are free to speak to their minds.

No they are not.
These are the repressive laws limiting their freedom of speech

The articles of the Penal Code now used more frequently to suppress 
dissent include:21

    1.

       Article 144, which defines the crime of desacato, or 
"disrespect." It states that anyone who threatens, slanders, defames, 
insults, harms or in anyway outrages or offends, verbally or in writing, 
the dignity or honor of an authority, public official, or their agents 
or auxiliaries, in the exercise of their functions or because of them 
can be imprisoned for between three months and one year or fined or 
both. If the act of disrespect is directed at the head of state or other 
senior officials the penalty is a prison term from one to three years
    2.

       Articles 208 and 209, which define the crime of asociación 
ilícita, or "illicit association." These articles state that anyone 
belonging to an unregistered association can be fined or imprisoned for 
between one and three months. The promoters or leaders of such an 
association can be fined or imprisoned for between three months and a 
year. Anyone who participates in illegal meetings or demonstrations can 
be fined or imprisoned for between one and three months. The organizers 
of illegal meetings or demonstrations can be fined or imprisoned for 
between three months and a year.
    3.

       Article 103, which defines the crime of propaganda enemiga, or 
"enemy propaganda." It states that anyone who incites against the social 
order, international solidarity or the socialist state by means of 
verbal, written or any other kind of propaganda, or who makes, 
distributes or possesses such propaganda, can be imprisoned from between 
one to eight years. Anyone who spreads false news or malicious 
predictions likely to cause alarm or discontent among the population, or 
public disorder, can be imprisoned from between one and four years. If 
the mass media are used, the sentence can be from seven to fifteen years 
in prison.
    4.

       Article 207, which defines the crime of asociación para 
delinquir, or "associating with others to commit crimes." It states that 
if three or more persons join together in a group to commit crimes, they 
can be imprisoned for between one and three years, simply for meeting 
together. If the only objective of the group is to provoke disorder or 
interrupt family or public parties, spectacles or other community events 
or to commit other anti-social acts, the penalty is a fine or a prison 
sentence of between three months and one year.
    5.

       Article 115, which defines the crime of difusión de falsas 
informaciones contra la paz internacional, or "dissemination of false 
information against international peace." It states that anyone who 
spreads false news with aim of disturbing international peace or putting 
in danger the prestige or credit of the Cuban State or its good 
relations with another state can be imprisoned for between one and four 
years.
    6.

       Article 143, which defines the crime of resistencia, or 
"resistance." On occasion, the crime is referred to as desobediencia, or 
"disobedience." It states that anyone who resists an official in the 
exercise of his duties can be imprisoned for between three months and a 
year or fined. If the official is trying to apprehend a criminal or 
someone who has escaped from prison, the penalty is a prison term from 
two to five years.
    7.

       Articles 72-90, which define the crime of peligrosidad, or 
"dangerousness." These articles come under the heading, "The Dangerous 
Status and Security Measures," a section of the Penal Code under which 
someone can be sentenced for up to four years in prison on the grounds 
that the authorities believe the individual has a "special proclivity" 
to commit crimes, even though he or she might not have actually 
committed a crime. These articles broadly define "dangerous" people as 
those who act in a manner that contradicts "socialist morality" or 
engage in "anti-social behavior." Moreover, Article 75 provides for an 
"official warning" to people the authorities deem to be in danger of 
becoming "dangerous," i.e., those who are not yet "dangerous" but who 
are regarded as having criminal tendencies because of their "ties or 
relations with people who are potentially dangerous to society, other 
people, and to the social, economic and political order of the socialist 
State…"

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) concludes that 
because of "their lack of precision and their subjective nature," the 
legal definitions of "dangerousness" and such terms as "socialist 
legality" and "standards of socialist coexistence,"

     constitute a source of juridical insecurity which creates 
conditions permitting the Cuban authorities to take arbitrary action.22

In other words, the Penal Code articles which define "dangerousness" 
constitute a catch-all mechanism which gives the government the legal 
justification for taking any citizen it wants out of circulation. As 
Human Rights Watch/Americas stated in October 1995:

     Cubans who engage in "anti-social behavior" or violate "socialist 
morality" may be held in preventive detention under the "dangerousness" 
provisions of the criminal code for as long as four years, even without 
being convicted of a crime.23

According to Pax Christi Netherlands and Amnesty International, there 
are clear indications that the crime of "dangerousness" is used as a 
cover to imprison people for political reasons on the grounds that they 
are common delinquents.24

The Penal Code also defines the crime of salida illegal del país, 
"illegal exit from country." Under Penal Code Articles 216 and 217, 
those caught trying to leave the country without the permission of the 
government can be fined or imprisoned for up to three years if they have 
not used violence and up to eight years if force or intimidation is 
used. In cases where passenger vessels or airplanes are hijacked, the 
charge is usually one of piratería, "piracy." Under Penal Code Article 
117, piracy carries a penalty of up to 20 years imprisonment, or a 
possible sentence of death if there is loss of life or risk to the lives 
of others.25

In the past three decades, thousands of Cubans have been imprisoned for 
trying to leave the island without permission. In 1994, illegal exit 
prisoners were thought to constitute the largest category of political 
prisoners in Cuba. In 1990 alone, there were 335 inmates convicted of 
illegal exit serving time in a single prison in Havana, the Combinado 
del Este.26

Under the 1995 U.S.-Cuba immigration agreement, the Cuban government 
promised to "ensure that no action is taken against those migrants 
returned to Cuba as a consequence of their attempt to emigrate 
illegally."27 However, the Cuban government still has neither eliminated 
nor amended Penal Code Articles 216 and 217 to reflect this commitment. 
Although recently there appears to be a trend toward lighter penalties – 
e.g., fines and/or house arrest – particularly in cases of first-time 
offenders, Articles 216 and 217 are still used to punish people for 
trying to leave the country without permission. That underscores the 
fact that the threat of punishment continues to hang over the heads of 
those who are returned to Cuba following attempts to leave without 
authorization. The current status of the U.S.-Cuba immigration agreement 
and the condition of Cubans who have been repatriated to Cuba are 
discussed in Chapter XVI, Section C, of this re****t.


  See: http://www.worldpolicy.org/globalrights/carib/1997-cuba.html#penal


Article 91: Acts against the Independence or the Territorial Integrity 
of the State


ARTICLE 91. The person who, in the interest of a foreign State, commits 
an act with the intent to cause damage to the independence of the Cuban 
State or the integrity of its territory, shall be punished with 10 to 20 
years in prison or death.


Law 88.

Promulgated in February 1999, the "88 Law" – soon nicknamed the "gagging 
law" in dissident circles – weighs like the Sword of Damocles over any 
person who "collaborates, by any means whatsoever, with radio or 
television programmes, magazines or any other foreign media" or 
"provides information" considered likely to serve US policy. The law 
provides for very heavy sentences: up to 20 years' imprisonment, 
confiscation of all personal belongings and fines up to 100,000 pesos 
(close to 4,800 dollars, while the average Cuban salary is 250 pesos or 
12 dollars per month). This law, that no court has taken advantage of as 
yet, also provides for punishment for "the promotion, organisation or 
encouragement of, or the participation in meetings or demonstrations.

Provisions of Law 88

In February 1999 Cuba’s National Assembly passed tough legislation 
providing for stiff prison terms for those guilty of sup****ting United 
States policy against Cuba as laid out in the Helms-Burton Law:

Whereas, the Government of the United States has dedicated itself to 
promoting, organizing, financing and directing counterrevolutionary and 
imperialist elements inside and outside the territory of the Republic of 
Cuba. For four decades it has invested significant financial and 
material resources to carry out numerous covert activities in order to 
destroy the independence and economy of Cuba, using to such end 
individuals recruited within the national territory, as has been 
recognized by the Central Intelligence Agency since 1961 according to a 
re****t released in 1998.(77)

The text of the law further details US legislative measures to finance 
counterrevolutionary activities in Cuba:

through the Law of 12 March 1996 known as the Helms-Burton Law, the 
United States expanded, intensified and codified its economic war 
against Cuba and detailed how such assistance would be given to 
individuals who would be used in the national territory to carry out the 
subversive and imperialist objectives of the Empire … the Federal Budget 
Law, passed on 21 October 1998 by the Government of the United States, 
set a minimum of two million dollars to sup****t counterrevolutionary 
activities in Cuba …(78)

In this way, financing subversive activities within Cuba is ****trayed, 
in addition to the embargo, as part of the US ‘economic war’ against 
Cuba. The introductory text concludes that it is "an inescapable duty to 
respond to this aggression against the Cuban people,"(79) and proceeds 
to detail the types of behaviour that would be considered as 
facilitating US policy and the penalties for them (see text box).

Penalties included in Law 88

Article 4 of the law provides for seven to 15 years’ imprisonment for 
passing information to the United States government or its agents that 
could be used to bolster anti-Cuban measures such as the US embargo or 
related destabilising activities within Cuba. This would rise to 20 
years if the information is acquired with the participation of two or 
more persons; is passed on in order to receive personal gain; or is 
acquired surreptitiously or in a work context. Similarly, the penalty 
would be aggravated if the Cuban economy were ultimately to be harmed by 
the information being passed or if, as a result, the United States 
government were to take punitive measures against Cuban or foreign 
enterprises.

Article 5 provides for penalties of three to eight years, and/or a fine, 
for those who seek out classified information to be used in this way, 
which would rise to twelve years in the aggravating cir***stances 
outlined above.

Under article 6 the legislation also sanctions with three to eight years 
and/or a fine the introduction into Cuba, owner****p, distribution or 
reproduction of ‘subversive materials’ from the US government that would 
facilitate US economic aggression or related destabilising activities 
within Cuba. The penalties are more severe for those who do so for 
personal gain or who cause damage to the Cuban economy.

It proposes in article 7 terms of imprisonment of up to five years for 
collaborating with radio and TV stations, printed publications or other 
media deemed to be assisting US policy; accredited foreign journalists 
are exempt. Again, the penalties are more severe if the individual 
profits by the activity.

Also punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment are acts which disturb 
public order for the benefit of the US economic war on Cuba, according 
to article 8; the penalties increase for organisers of such events.

Article 9 outlaws ‘any act intended to impede or prejudice the economic 
relations of the Cuban state’ with penalties of up to 15 years. This can 
be extended if violence, blackmail or other illegal means are used; if 
private profit is obtained as a result; or if the United States 
government takes punitive measures in reprisal. The remaining articles 
cover incitement of others to commit any of the above acts; distribution 
of US funds or materials for these activities; and collaboration with 
third states sympathetic to US aims in Cuba.

Source: http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR250172003



Spanish text of the law:

Ley 88 de Protección de la Independencia Nacional y la Economía de Cuba.

RICARDO ALARCÓN DE QUESADA, Presidente de la Asamblea Nacional del Poder 
Popular de la República de Cuba.

HAGO SABER: Que la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular en su Primera 
Reunión Extraordinaria de la Quinta Legislatura, celebrada los días 15 y 
16 de febrero de 1999, ha aprobado lo siguiente:

**** CUANTO: El Gobierno de Estados Unidos de América se ha dedicado a 
promover, organizar, financiar y dirigir a elementos 
contrarrevolucionarios y anexionistas dentro y fuera del territorio de 
la República de Cuba. Durante cuatro décadas ha invertido cuantiosos 
recursos materiales y financieros para la realización de numerosas 
acciones encubiertas con el propósito de destruir la independencia y la 
economía de Cuba, utilizando para tales fines, entre otros, a individuos 
reclutados dentro del territorio nacional, como ha reconocido la Agencia 
Central de Inteligencia desde el año 1961, en informe que fuera 
divulgado en el año l998.

**** CUANTO: La Enmienda “Torricelli” incluida en la ley de Gastos para 
la Defensa de 1992, promulgada **** el Gobierno de Estados Unidos de 
América, previó el suministro de medios materiales y financieros para el 
desarrollo de actividades contrarrevolucionarias dentro de Cuba, y 
mediante la Ley de 12 de marzo de 1996, conocida como Ley Helms Burton, 
se amplió, intensificó y codificó la guerra económica contra Cuba y 
detalla el suministro de tales recursos a individuos que serían 
empleados en el territorio nacional para ***plir los propósitos 
subversivos y anexionistas del Imperio, habiéndose reconocido 
públicamente, desde esa fecha y en reiteradas ocasiones, la entrega de 
dichos fondos del Presupuesto Federal de Estados Unidos para esos fines.

**** CUANTO: La Ley del Presupuesto Federal para 1999, promulgada el 21 
de octubre de 1998 **** el Gobierno de Estados Unidos de América, fijó un 
límite mínimo de dos millones de dólares para la realización de 
actividades contrarrevolucionarias dentro de Cuba y el 5 de enero de 
1999 el Presidente de ese país anunció planes para engrosar, con 
recursos de entidades e individuos, los fondos federales que se destinan 
a la promoción y ejecución de dichas acciones.

**** CUANTO: Las acciones anteriormente mencionadas constituyen una 
permanente agresión contra la independencia y soberanía de la República 
de Cuba, violatoria del Derecho Internacional y de los principios y 
normas que rigen las relaciones entre los Estados, y de manera 
persistente esta agresión se ha ampliado e intensificado durante 
cuarenta años, se ha refrendado incluso mediante las decisiones 
legislativas antes mencionadas y se ha proclamado como política de 
Estado contra nuestro país, empleándose para su consecución cuantiosos 
recursos oficiales, a la vez que se promueve el empleo de los que 
destinen a esos fines otras entidades privadas e individuos.

**** CUANTO: Constituye un deber ineludible responder a la agresión de 
que es objeto el pueblo cubano, derrotar el propósito anexionista y 
salvaguardar la independencia nacional, tipificando como delitos las 
conductas que favorezcan la aplicación de la mencionada Ley 
“Helms-Burton”, el bloqueo, la guerra económica contra Cuba, la 
subversión y otras medidas similares que hayan sido adoptadas o sean 
adoptadas en el futuro **** el Gobierno de Estados Unidos de América, 
mediante disposición o regulación, con independencia de su rango 
normativo, así como otras medidas que propendan a fomentar o desarrollar 
esa política agresiva contra los intereses fundamentales de la Nación.

**** CUANTO: Es propósito de esta Ley sancionar aquellas acciones que en 
concordancia con los intereses imperialistas persiguen subvertir el 
orden interno de la Nación y destruir su sistema político, económico y 
social, sin que en modo alguno menoscabe los derechos y garantías 
fundamentales consagrados en la Constitución de la República.
**** CUANTO: En ***plimiento de lo dispuesto en la Ley de Reafirmación de 
la Dignidad y Soberanía Cubanas, Ley No. 80 de 1996, el Gobierno de la 
República de Cuba, ha presentado a la consideración de la Asamblea 
Nacional del Poder Popular, el proyecto correspondiente.

**** TANTO: La Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular en uso de las 
atribuciones que le están conferidas en el artículo 75 inciso b) de la 
Constitución de la República, ha adoptado la siguiente:

LEY No. 88 DE PROTECCIÓN DE LA INDEPENDENCIA NACIONAL Y LA ECONOMÍA DE
CUBA

CAPÍTULO I

Generalidades

Artículo 1: Esta Ley tiene como finalidad tipificar y sancionar aquellos 
hechos dirigidos a apoyar, facilitar, o colaborar con los objetivos de 
la Ley “Helms-Burton”, el bloqueo y la guerra económica contra nuestro 
pueblo, encaminados a quebrantar el orden interno, desestabilizar el 
país y liquidar al Estado Socialista y la independencia de Cuba.

Artículo 2: Dado el carácter especial de esta Ley, su aplicación será 
preferente a cualquier otra legislación penal que le preceda.

Artículo 3.1: A los delitos previstos en esta Ley le son aplicables, en 
lo atinente, las disposiciones contenidas en la Parte General del Código 
Penal.

2. En los delitos previstos en esta Ley el tribunal puede imponer como 
sanción accesoria la confiscación de bienes.

3. Los delitos previstos en esta Ley se sancionan con independencia de 
los que se cometan para su ejecución o en ocasión de ella.

CAPÍTULO II

De las Infracciones Penales

Artículo 4.1: El que suministre, directamente o mediante tercero, al 
Gobierno de Estados Unidos de América, sus agencias, dependencias, 
representantes o funcionarios, información para facilitar los objetivos 
de la Ley “Helms-Burton”, el bloqueo y la guerra económica contra 
nuestro pueblo, encaminados a quebrantar el orden interno, 
desestabilizar el país y liquidar al Estado Socialista y la 
independencia de Cuba, incurre en sanción de privación de libertad de 
siete a quince años.

2. La sanción es de privación de libertad de ocho a veinte años cuando 
concurra alguna de las circunstancias siguientes:

a) si el hecho se comete con el concurso de dos o más personas;

b) si el hecho se realiza con ánimo de lucro o mediante dádiva, 
remuneración, recompensa o promesa de cualquier ventaja o beneficio;

c) si el culpable llegó a conocer o poseer la información de manera 
subrepticia o empleando cualquier otro medio ilícito;

d) si el culpable conociera o poseyera la información **** razón del 
cargo que desempeñe;

e) si, como consecuencia del hecho, se producen graves perjuicios a la 
economía nacional;

f) si, como consecuencia del hecho, el Gobierno de Estados Unidos de 
América, sus agencias o dependencias, adoptan medidas de represalias 
contra entidades industriales, comerciales, financieras o de otra 
naturaleza, cubanas o extranjeras, o contra alguno de sus dirigentes y 
familiares.

Artículo 5.1: El que, busque información clasificada para ser utilizada 
en la aplicación de la Ley “Helms-Burton”, el bloqueo y la guerra 
económica contra nuestro pueblo, encaminados a quebrantar el orden 
interno, desestabilizar el país y liquidar al Estado Socialista y la 
independencia de Cuba, incurre en sanción de privación de libertad de 
tres a ocho años o multa de tres mil a cinco mil cuotas, o ambas.

2. La sanción es de privación de libertad de cinco a doce años cuando 
concurra alguna de las circunstancias siguientes:

a) si el culpable llegó a conocer o poseer la información de manera 
subrepticia o empleando cualquier otro medio ilícito;

b) si el hecho se comete con el concurso de dos o más personas.

3. La sanción es de privación de libertad de siete a quince años si la 
información obtenida, **** la índole de su contenido, produce graves 
perjuicios a la economía nacional.

Artículo 6.1: El que a***ule, reproduzca o difunda, material de carácter 
subversivo del Gobierno de Estados Unidos de América, sus agencias, 
dependencias, representantes, funcionarios o de cualquier entidad 
extranjera, para apoyar los objetivos de la Ley Helms-Burton, el bloqueo 
y la guerra económica contra nuestro pueblo, encaminados a quebrantar el 
orden interno, desestabilizar el país y liquidar al Estado Socialista y 
la independencia de Cuba, incurre en sanción de privación de libertad de 
tres a ocho años o multa de tres mil a cinco mil cuotas o ambas.

2- En la misma sanción incurre el que con iguales propósitos introduzca 
en el país los materiales a que se refiere el apartado anterior.

3- La sanción es de privación de libertad de cuatro a diez años cuando 
concurra en los hechos a que se refieren los apartados anteriores, 
alguna de las circunstancias siguientes:

a) si los hechos se cometen con el concurso de dos o más personas;

b) si los hechos se realizan con ánimo de lucro o mediante dádiva, 
remuneración, recompensa o promesa de cualquier ventaja o beneficio.

4. La sanción es de privación de libertad de siete a quince años si el 
material, **** la índole de su contenido, produce graves perjuicios a la 
economía nacional.

Artículo 7.1: El que, con el propósito de lograr los objetivos de la Ley 
“Helms-Burton”, el bloqueo y la guerra económica contra nuestro pueblo, 
encaminados a quebrantar el orden interno, desestabilizar el país y 
liquidar al Estado Socialista y la independencia de Cuba, colabore **** 
cualquier vía con emisoras de radio o televisión, periódicos, revistas u 
otros medios de difusión extranjeros, incurre en sanción de privación de 
libertad de dos a cinco años o multa de mil a tres mil cuotas o ambas.

2. La responsabilidad penal en los casos previstos en el apartado que 
antecede será exigible a los que utilicen tales medios y no a los 
re****teros extranjeros legalmente acreditados en el país, si fuese esa 
la vía empleada.

3. La sanción es de privación de libertad de tres a ocho años o multa de 
tres mil a cinco mil cuotas o ambas si el hecho descrito en el apartado 
1 se realiza con ánimo de lucro o mediante dádiva, remuneración, 
recompensa o promesa de cualquier ventaja o beneficio.

Artículo 8.1: El que perturbe el orden público con el propósito de 
cooperar con los objetivos de la Ley “Helms-Burton”, el bloqueo y la 
guerra económica contra nuestro pueblo, encaminados a quebrantar el 
orden interno, desestabilizar el país y liquidar al Estado Socialista y 
la independencia de Cuba, incurre en sanción de privación de libertad de 
dos a cinco años o multa de mil a tres mil cuotas o ambas.

2. El que, promueva, organice o incite a realizar las perturbaciones del 
orden público a que se refiere el apartado anterior incurre en sanción 
de privación de libertad de tres a ocho años o multa de tres mil a cinco 
mil cuotas o ambas.

Artículo 9.1: El que, para favorecer los objetivos de la Ley 
“Helms-Burton”, el bloqueo y la guerra económica contra nuestro pueblo, 
encaminados a quebrantar el orden interno, desestabilizar el país y 
liquidar al Estado Socialista y la independencia de Cuba, realice 
cualquier acto dirigido a impedir o perjudicar las relaciones económicas 
del Estado cubano, o de entidades industriales, comerciales, financieras 
o de otra naturaleza, nacionales o extranjeras, tanto estatales como 
privadas, incurre en sanción de privación de libertad de siete a quince 
años o multa de tres mil a cinco mil cuotas o ambas.

2. La sanción es de privación de libertad de ocho a veinte años cuando 
concurra alguna de las circunstancias siguientes:

a) si en la realización del hecho se emplea violencia, intimidación, 
chantaje u otro medio ilícito;
b) si el hecho se realiza con ánimo de lucro o mediante dádiva, 
remuneración, recompensa o promesa de cualquier ventaja o beneficio;

c) si, como consecuencia del hecho, el Gobierno de Estados Unidos de 
América, sus agencias o dependencias, adoptan medidas de represalias 
contra entidades industriales, comerciales o financieras, cubanas o 
extranjeras, o contra alguno de sus dirigentes y familiares.

Artículo 10: Incurre en sanción de privación de libertad de dos a cinco 
años o multa de mil a tres mil cuotas o ambas, el que:

a) proponga o incite a otros, **** cualquier medio o forma, a ejecutar 
alguno de los delitos previstos en esta Ley;

b) se concierte con otras personas para la ejecución de alguno de los 
delitos previstos en esta Ley.

Artículo 11: El que, para la realización de los hechos previstos en esta 
Ley, directamente o mediante tercero, reciba, distribuya o participe en 
la distribución de medios financieros, materiales o de otra índole, 
procedentes del Gobierno de Estados Unidos de América, sus agencias, 
dependencias, representantes, funcionarios o de entidades privadas, 
incurre en sanción de privación de libertad de tres a ocho años o multa 
de mil a tres mil cuotas o ambas.

Artículo 12: El que incurra en cualquiera de los delitos previstos en 
los artículos anteriores con la cooperación de un tercer Estado que 
colabore a los fines señalados con el Gobierno de Estados Unidos de 
América, será acreedor a las sanciones establecidas.

DISPOSICIONES FINALES

PRIMERA: La Fiscalía General de la República, respecto a los delitos 
previstos y sancionados en la presente Ley, ejerce la acción penal 
pública en representación del Estado en correspondencia con el principio 
de o****tunidad, conforme a los intereses de la Nación.

SEGUNDA: Los Tribunales Provinciales Populares son competentes para 
conocer de los delitos previstos en esta Ley.

TERCERA: Se derogan cuantas disposiciones legales o reglamentarias se 
opongan a lo establecido en esta ley, que comenzará a regir desde la 
fecha de su publicación en la Gaceta Oficial de la República.

DADA en la sala de sesiones de la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular,

Palacio de las Convenciones, en la Ciudad de La Habana a los dieciséis 
días del mes de febrero de mil novecientos noventa y nueve, “Año del 40 
Aniversario del Triunfo de la Revolución”.

Source: http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/2003/cubacrackdown/law88_spa.html


http://www.cubaverdad.net/repressive_laws.htm
> I understand that complaining
> about things is something of "national s****t" there.

only to trusted people.
Not when a "chivato" is around.

> And no one to my
> knowledge has ever been arrested for simply making their views known.

false as the hundreds of political prisoners show

> I also believe that Cuba is one of the most democratic countries in
> the world.

A joke.
Cuba is a Stalinist dictator****p
http://www.cubaverdad.net/stalinist_system.htm

> In the last national elections in January, the overwhelming
> majority voted by secret ballot in favour of the government(snip)

614 pre-selected candidates and no hope to get another on the ballot
http://www.cubaverdad.net/democracy.htm
http://www.cubaverdad.net/elections_in_cuba.htm
> 
> On human rights in general, allegations against Cuba look like the
> proverbial Sunday school picnic 
(snip)

so torture, extra-judicial killings, democide and politicide are a 
"Sunday School Picnic for you.
You clearly went to the Joseph Stalin Sunday School of horrors for the 
dogmatically moronic.

http://www.cubaverdad.net/genocide.htm
http://www.cubaverdad.net/links_to_human_rights_re****ts.htm

PL
 




 62 Posts in Topic:
Dan Christensen: there is more than enough freedom of speech in
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-16 22:17:11 
PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance...
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-16 20:26:17 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance...
" krp" <krp2  2008-04-17 09:12:26 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance...
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-17 11:55:32 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-22 19:45:15 
Re: Dan Christensen seeks to punish Cubans for their continued
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-23 09:06:20 
Re: DC seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
" krp" <krp2  2008-04-23 14:15:39 
Re: Dan Christensen: there is more than enough freedom of speech
"PL" <pl.nos  2008-04-17 14:28:35 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-17 14:11:56 
Re: Dan Christensen seeks to punish Cubans for their continued
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-17 23:31:58 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-23 20:47:29 
Re: DC seeks to punish Cubans with his incessant BULLSHIT!
" krp" <krp2  2008-04-24 11:06:44 
Re: Dan Christensen seeks to punish Cubans for their continued
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-24 18:28:04 
Re: Dan Christensen seeks to punish Cubans for their continued
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-24 18:29:38 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-17 15:16:09 
Re: Dan Christensen seeks to punish Cubans for their continued
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-18 00:51:54 
Re: Dan Christensen seeks to punish Cubans for their continued d
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-24 20:13:38 
Re: Dan Christensen seeks to punish Cubans for their continued d
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-25 10:38:23 
Re: Dan Christensen seeks to locate HIS "balls!"
" krp" <krp2  2008-04-25 12:47:07 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-24 20:16:22 
Re: Dan Christensen seeks to punish Cubans for their continued
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-25 10:39:24 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
" krp" <krp2  2008-04-25 12:57:44 
Re: Poor desperate lobbyist...
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-24 20:26:01 
Re: Poor desperate Stalinist Dan Christensen
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-25 10:41:06 
Re: Poor desperate lobbyist...
" krp" <krp2  2008-04-25 12:58:35 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-18 21:08:04 
Re: Dan Christensen seeks to punish Cubans for their continued
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-19 11:53:04 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cuban people for their continued defiance
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-25 15:26:07 
Re: DANNY CHRISTENSEN AND THE FAKE STANTON LETTER
" krp" <krp2  2008-04-25 23:22:39 
Re: Dan Christensen seeks to punish Cubans for their continued d
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-28 12:24:14 
Comrade Christensen where are YOUR balls?????
" krp" <krp2  2008-04-19 11:21:41 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-19 07:05:56 
Re: Dan Christensen seeks to punish Cubans for their continued
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-19 18:28:26 
Poor desperate Kennykins...
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-19 07:15:22 
Re: Poor desperate Kennykins keeps kicking Comrade Christensen's
" krp" <krp2  2008-04-19 14:40:33 
Re: Comrade Christensen where are YOUR balls?????
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-19 18:32:59 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their contiued defiance
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-19 13:04:18 
Dan Christensen's continual LIES
" krp" <krp2  2008-04-19 22:02:47 
Re: Comrade Christensen where are YOUR balls?????
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-20 01:01:18 
Re: Comrade Christensen where are YOUR balls?????
" krp" <krp2  2008-04-20 11:44:46 
Re: PL seeks to punish the Cuban for their continued defiance
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-19 20:46:53 
Re: Dan Christensen seeks to punish Cubans for their continued
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-20 08:05:10 
Re: DC seeks to punish the Cuban for their continued defiance
" krp" <krp2  2008-04-20 11:46:24 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-20 08:52:51 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-20 19:14:33 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-20 19:21:23 
Re: DC seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
" krp" <krp2  2008-04-20 19:11:09 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-21 13:38:19 
Re: Dan Christensen seeks to punish Cubans for their continued
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-22 11:15:21 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-21 14:03:06 
Re: Dan Christensen seeks to punish Cubans for their continued
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-22 11:06:53 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance...
chris <christiane.stoc  2008-04-27 11:01:08 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance...
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-27 20:59:59 
Re: Dan Christensen: Cuba's human rights abuses a "Sunday school
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-28 12:41:16 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-28 20:59:27 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
" krp" <krp2  2008-04-29 12:56:23 
Re: Dan Christensen: Cuba's human rights abuses a "Sunday school
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-29 15:44:37 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-04-29 20:50:42 
Re: Dan Christensen: Cuba's human rights abuses a "Sunday school
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-04-30 12:01:46 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance
Dan Christensen <dchri  2008-05-01 20:09:29 
Re: Dan Christensen: Cuba's human rights abuses a "Sunday school
PL <pl.nospam@[EMAIL P  2008-05-03 12:28:39 
Re: PL seeks to punish Cubans for their continued defiance...
chris <christiane.stoc  2008-05-02 06:40:10 

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