ang. Mänskliga Rättigheter

Kubas utrikesminister Felipe Perez Roque försvarar landets curicculum vitae avseende mänskliga rättigheter. Självklart, säger han, finns där småsaker som inte har rätats ut, men på det hela taget tycker han landet kan vara stolt över hur det har behandlat sina medborgare.

Kuba är en av de underskrivande parterna av UDHR, som nu alltså firar 60-års jubileum. Så här skriver den kubanske bloggaren Babalu i sin blogg den 10 december:
The Cuban regime has begun its celebration of Human Rights Day the only it way it knows how, by violating every right in the 60 year old United Nations declaration.

The celebrations began on Monday, with a wave of arrests and threats against Cuban Human Rights activists aimed at preventing Cubans from commemorating the 60th anniversary of the UN's declaration of Human Rights.

According to The Directorio Democrático, Frank Amado Ruiz Moreno was stopped in Santa Clara's bus terminal on his way to Havana. After being detained at State Security Headquarters in that city, he was taken home to Placetas and threatened with arrest if he left that city before December 11.

In Santiago de Cuba, Idalmis Perez Reinosa and Donaisa Correoso Pozo, members of the Rosa Parks civil movement were being held by State Security in Placetas.

Yesterday, also in Placetas, State Security Jorge Luis Garci'a Perez “Antúnez” was detained on a streetcorner close to his home.

Less than one hour later, the activists of the Coalición Central Opositora Idania Yánez Contreras, Alcides Rivera Rodríguez y Yesmi Elena Mena Zurbano were stopped in the city of Santa Clara on the part of agents of the political police and it is not known where they have been taken.

Dagoberto Valdé, director of the independent magazine ““Convivencia” reported that members of the magazine had been threatened.

Meanwhile in Havana, Human Rights activist Dr Darsi Ferrer reported that he had been harrassed by several visits from State Security. State Security is well acquainted with the brave Dr. Ferrer who a year ago held a demonstration commemorating Human Rights Day at a Havana park where he, his wife and a handful of demonstrators were roughed up by regime thugs in front of the internacional press.

Dr. Ferrer said that State Security reminded him that he has a brother in a Cuban Jail and that his choice in whether to go out to demonstrate today, as he had planned, could have either positive or negative consequences for his incarcerated brother.

För att markera dagen marcherade uppåt 30 fruar till politiska fångar fredligt nerför en gata i Havanna, detta ett sätt att kräva frisläppandet av deras män, rättsaktivister dömda till långa straff.

Högt uppsatta i Kuba menar att landet respekterar mänskliga rättigheter mer än många andra länder gör, påpekandes dess rätt till gratis utbildning och rätt till gratis hälsovård.

"Here in Havana you will not find a single child at a traffic light washing windshields," säger Perez Roque.

Det kan man dock göra i Spanien, närmare bestämt på infarterna till Malaga (min egen anmärkning här)

Samtidigt, i Kina, firar man internationella dagen för mänskliga rättigheter med tidningar och television hyllandes vad de kallar en nonstop progress i arbetet för att förbättra yttrandefrihet och individuella rättigheter. Samma dag samlades en proteststyrka på ca 40 personer utanför utrikesministeriet. Efter trettio minuter av skanderingar för fria val och krävande av nedbrytning av korruptionen i landet blev protestanterna bortförda, av polisen, med hjälp av bussar.

The Associated Press: Foreign minister defends Cuba's rights record

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