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.