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, hugging and consoling activists hoping to see the regime change in the island nation.... Many Cubans

They face seven and 10 years in jail, respectively, for alleged crimes ranging from contempt to assault.... The U.S. Embassy said on Twitter that the trial violated the human rights of Otero Alcantara and Castillo and called for their immediate release." To no one's surprise, the trial was neither free nor fair.... If you are an artist and you commit a crime, you must respond to the law," the radio report said. Otero Alcantara and Castillo are members of a Havana-based artists collective that

from the era of former Cuban President Fidel Castro.... Castro took personal responsibility and

Open this photo in gallery Cuban exiles rally at Versailles Restaurant in Miami's Little Havana

".... Activists have accused authorities of repression as some videos have emerged on social media of

This week they shared a court document dated Aug.... " It's a constant uncertainty." Ferrer was one of 75 dissidents arrested in 2003 during a nationwide crackdown known as the Black Spring.... He was released on parole in 2011 and soon after formed UNPACU.( Reporting by Sarah Marsh; Editing by Michael Perry)....

mercenaries in the pay of the United States and allied with anti-Castro Cuban exiles." It feels like a

WASHINGTON— The Biden administration announced new sanctions on Friday against Cuba’s national revolutionary police and its top two officials as the U.S. looks to increase pressure on the communist government following this month’s protests on the island.... The police are part of Cuba’s interior ministry, which was already the subject of a blanket designation by the Trump administration back in January.“ We hear the cries of freedom coming from the island.... They were the first such protests

Cuba Ambassador to Pakistan Zéner Caro on Monday called out Federal Minister for Planning and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal for his" disrespectful" remarks on Cuba, given during a press conference in Lahore yesterday.... At a media talk on Sunday, Iqbal had said that Pakistan wanted to become a strong country for which it needed a strong economy and positioning with the global economy.... He said he did not want Pakistan to turn into Cuba or North Korea....