Cuba: Newly declared prisoners of conscience
Cuba: Newly declared prisoners of conscience
Index Number: AMR 25/002/2004Date Published: 29 January 2004
Categories: Cuba, Americas, Caribbean
In June 2003 Amnesty International declared 75 new Cuban prisoners of conscience after they were detained in a massive government crackdown on dissent which began on 18 March 2003. This brief report gives an account of the charges and arrests of four new prisoners of conscience.