On December 26, Amnesty International denounced four Cuban tactics to suppress dissent.
One tactic was short-term detention as a “tool of control and intimidation. [P]lacing a person under arrest for a few hours or days ‘sends a message of terror to those who dissent.’”
Another tactic was cutting internet service as a way “to silence protests.”
The third tactic was “the criminalization of opponents who express themselves freely. ‘They are criminally prosecuted if they do not give up their fight for respect for human rights.’”
The fourth tactic was firing from their jobs those who raise their voices against the regime.
In conclusion AI “urged people to fight for a ‘#CubaWithoutRepression,’ share its message and demand that Miguel Díaz-Canel ‘stop the repression now.’”
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Amnesty International condemns four regime tactics to suppress dissent, Diario de Cuba (Dec. 27, 2024).
