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Prominent Cuban political prisoners such as Armando Valladares, [citation needed] Roberto Martín Pérez, [5] and Pedro Luis Boitel [6] were held there at one point or another during their respective incarcerations. It was permanently closed by the government in 1967. [1] The prison now serves as a museum and has been declared a national ...
The Guantanamo Bay detention center was established by the administration of George W. Bush at an American military base in Cuba in 2002. The establishment of the prison was aimed at depriving detainees of the post-9/11 “war on terror” of the constitutional rights they would enjoy on US soil. [6]
People convicted of treason against Cuba (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Prisoners and detainees of Cuba" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
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Armando Valladares Perez (born May 30, 1937) is a Cuban-American poet, diplomat and former political prisoner for his involvement in the Cuban dissident movement. In 1960, he was arrested by the Cuban government for opposing Fidel Castro, after having initially supported him. [1] As a result Amnesty International named him a prisoner of ...
Concerns have been expressed about the operation of due process.According to Human Rights Watch, even though Cuba, officially atheist until 1992, now "permits greater opportunities for religious expression than it did in past years, and has allowed several religious-run humanitarian groups to operate, the government still maintains tight control on religious institutions, affiliated groups ...
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