Panama top court reverses presidential pardons for 183, including Carriles
July 3, 2008
[JURIST] The Panama Supreme Court [Panama judiciary official website, in Spanish] Monday declared unconstitutional 183 pardons issued in 2004 by then-outgoing president Mireya Moscoso [profile, in Spanish]. Among the pardoned had been four Cubans - including Luis Posada Carriles [JURIST news.... [more] 
Cuba, Venezuela criticize US for failing to extradite anti-Castro militant
March 20, 2008
[JURIST] Representatives of Cuba and Venezuela Wednesday criticized the US during a UN Security Council meeting [press release] for failing to turn over anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles [JURIST news archive; case materials], saying that the US is bound by international treaties, including.... [more]
Rights groups call for release of Cuban political prisoners held since 2003
March 18, 2008
[JURIST] Rights groups Tuesday marked the anniversary of a March 2003 crackdown on dissidents in Cuba by calling for the release of political prisoners detained during that round-up. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) [advocacy website; CPJ report], Human Rights First (HRF) [advocacy website;.... [more]
State Department deplores rights records of North Korea, Iran, in annual reports
March 11, 2008
[JURIST] The US State Department Tuesday heavily criticized the right records of North Korea, Iran, Myanmar, Syria, Zimbabwe, Cuba, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Eritrea and Sudan Tuesday in its annual report on worldwide human rights observance. In the introduction [text] to the its 2007 Reports on Human.... [more]
Cuba signs international human rights pacts
February 28, 2008
[JURIST] Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque [official profile, in Spanish] signed two international human rights treaties on Thursday, making Cuba party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.... [more]
Cuba parliament elects Raul Castro as new president
February 25, 2008
[JURIST] The Cuban National Assembly on Sunday, by a unanimous show of hands, officially voted Raul Castro [BBC profile], 76, to the position of president, and also chose Jose Ramon Machado Ventura [GlobalSecurity profile], 76, as the first vice president. Ventura is known as a hard-line supporter.... [more]
Congresswoman urges DOJ to charge Castro for 1996 killings of US aid workers
February 20, 2008
[JURIST] Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) [official website] is urging the US Department of Justice to charge resigning Cuban leader Fidel Castro [official profile; BBC profile] with murder for the 1996 killings of four US aid workers, according to Wednesday media reports. In a letter to Attorney.... [more]
Castro resignation could prompt suits over rights abuses
February 20, 2008
[JURIST] The resignation [text] of Cuban President Fidel Castro [BBC profile] could prompt lawsuits against him in Spanish courts for crimes against humanity, Spanish human rights lawyers indicated on Tuesday. In December, the Spanish Audiencia Nacional dismissed a claim against Castro [JURIST.... [more]
Spain court dismisses Bay of Pigs war crimes complaint against Castro
December 14, 2007
[JURIST] The Spanish National Court Thursday dismissed a complaint against Cuban President Fidel Castro [BBC profile] and former Cuban tourism minister Osmani Cienfuegos, alleging that the two had committed crimes against humanity. The complaint alleged that Castro and Cienfuegos were responsible.... [more]
Cuba to sign international human rights pact, allow UN rights observers
December 11, 2007
[JURIST] Cuba will sign the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights [text] in the first quarter of the coming year, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque [official profile, in Spanish] said Monday during an event to mark International Human Rights Day. He also said Cuba would join.... [more]
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