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Country: Cuba

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Human
Rights

The Cuban government


oppresses individuals and groups
who criticize the government or
want basic human rights. Officials
instill fear in citizens by beatings,
public humiliation, termination of
employment, and threats of
imprisonment. The government
also controls all media in Cuba
and tightly restricts access to
outside information, which
severely restricts their freedom of
speech. A human rights
movement known as the Cuban
Commission for Human Rights
and National Reconciliation is
viewed as illegal by the Cuban
Government. This independent
has received more than 3,600
reports of arbitrary detentions
which restrict them from
participating in peaceful marches
and protests. The government of
Cuba is also able to restrict
citizens movement through a
1997 law known as the Decree
217. This Decree is used to
restrict the movement of citizens
in moving to the capital of Cuba
and requires them to obtain
permission from the government
before doing so.

Its been known in the past that


the United States has offered
money to Cuba to hopefully
increase their human right
issues. If Cuba was to simply
accept the money they would be
able to drastically increase
citizens rights by not instilling
fear into them or increasing
conditions for prisoners. Also the
current embargo that we have in
place with Cuba could drastically
be affecting their citizens rights
and conditions. If we were to
only limit our trade with Cuba,
the United States would be able
to offer them more medical,
food, and safety supplies that
would increase conditions and
not be in violation of many
human rights.

Police

The Cuban police have been


responsible for numerous
amounts of death resulting from
excessive police brutality. In 1961
Fidel Castro formed an
organization called Department
of State Security whom later the
United States called the secret
police. They were responsible for

Many police officers in Cuba


have not attended a legitimate
police academy and are not
formally educated about police
etiquette. So by investing money
in police academy's it would
allow people who want to be
officers to be educated on how
you should treat citizens, what

Prison and
labor
camps

the disappearance of many


Cuban citizens as well as some
U.S citizens in 1984. The police
also constantly use a loophole
in their constitution to deny
citizens who were arrested
lawyers and releasing rights.
Also, the police constantly
engage in arrest of human rights
activists and subjecting them to
degrading conditions,
interrogation, and threats. The
secret police is one of the most
oppressive forces in Cuba and
has even gone to the extent of
declaring homosexuality as
incompatible and made many
people lose their jobs.

you should do in certain


situations, and how to handle
police force. It would allow them
to know they shouldnt use
excessive force with citizens and
that harassment isnt what a
police officer should be investing
his time in. Another suggestion
would be simply to fire any
officer who doesnt follow the
conduct. If a police officer using
excessive force on a citizen who
was simply stating his opinion,
he should be fired. Allowing
police officers that have
harassed citizens or terrorized
citizens to stay in the force is
basically saying that its alright
to treat citizens like crap even
though youre supposed to be
protecting them and their rights.

In Cuba there are approximately


294 prisons and labor camps,
according to United States
statistics. Prisoners are
commonly political opposes and
many guards are soldiers. The
intent of imprisonment according
to the Cuban government is to
protect the Cuban citizens from
socially dangerous elements of
society. Prison massacres,
dramatic protests, and violent
physical abuse by guards are
among the issues experienced in
Prison. Many Cuban prisons
neglected their prisons through
inhuman, harsh, or degrading
treatment which violates major
human rights. Many prisoners are
denied basic rights such as
healthcare and food. A man who
once served 30 years in a Cuban
prison gave an interview stating
that he saw prison authorities
shot fellow inmates from close
range and even beat fellow
inmates with bayonets. Cuba

Allowing the prisoners to be


compensated for their works are
labor camps would greatly
increase the moral of labor
camps and prison in Cuba. One
of the human right issues that
Cuba faces in labor camps is the
fact that inmates work very
difficult jobs and is expected to
do it for nothing. So by being
compensated it allows the Cuban
government to still use their
labor but the people are getting
something in return. Also,
allowing Human right activists or
human right organizations to
come and evaluate Cuban
prisons and labor camps it would
give the Cuban government a
chance to change and allow for
better conditions for inmates.
Cuba could also invest more
money into prisons and labor
camps and allow prisoners to get
a healthy amount of food,
clothing, and health care.

continues to state that all


inmates are given adequate
amounts of food, clothing,
medicine and health care and
that there are no violations of
human rights.
Human
Trafficking

Cuba is a major source country


for adult and children human sex
trafficking as well as child sex
tourism. Authorities report that
children between the ages of 13
to 20 are the most vulnerable to
human trafficking. There have
even been reports of Cuban
citizens being forced into
prostitution and forced labor.
Although the Cuban government
denies any allegations of human
trafficking, people have claimed
that Cuban authorities restrict
their movements and even
withhold passports. Just recently,
in 2013, has Cuba given the
United States any information
regarding human trafficking in
their country. Cuban government
has made little to none effort in
ending the problem of human
trafficking and has yet to
establish a legal policy
prohibiting all forms of trafficking.

The Cuban government needs to


educate their citizens and needs
to inform them that human
trafficking is indeed a serious
problem within their country. The
government could air antitrafficking ads and give support
to people who have experienced
human trafficking or someone
who knows information about it.
Another suggestion includes that
the Cuban government should
establish anti-trafficking laws
and introduces them to the
public. They should be strict and
should also make the citizens
aware that any form of
trafficking is illegal and
consequences will be delivered.

Drug
Trafficking

Drug trafficking is considered a


major problem in Cuba, but the
government has yet to do
anything significant about it.
Throughout the years Cuba has
become a point of interest to
Mexico and South America mafias
as a cocaine shop or distributor.
Drug trafficking is one of the few
issues that Cuba and the United
States actually agree on, only on
a small scale though. The United
States believes that in the future
Cuba will become a major transit
point for drugs to enter into the
United States. Allegations about

Similar to the Human trafficking


issue that Cuba is also facing,
the Cuban government needs to
set a steady and strict set of
rules against drugs. If Cuba
really does agree with the United
States and truly wants to
eradicate the drug trade then
there needs to be laws set in
place to show intolerance. Also,
the Cuban police should set
patrols to ensure that not only is
no one dealing drugs but to also
make sure that large supplies of
drugs arent coming into Cuba.
Although this wouldnt end the

Cuba being involved in large


amounts of drug trafficking first
arose in 1960 but only until 1980
was there hard evidence that
Cuba was actually involved.

problem of drug trafficking it


would get rid of some of the
drugs and would show drug
mafias that the Cuban
government is ready to take
action.

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