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OEA/Ser.L/V/II.48
doc. 24
14 December 1979
Original: Spanish
SIX
REPORT ON THE SITUATION OF
POLITICAL PRISONERS IN CUBA
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
A.
Reports of the Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights
on the Situation of Human Rights in Cuba
B.
The Organization of American States and the Government
of Cuba
C.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the
Government of Cuba
D.
The nature of this report
CHAPTER
I - LEGAL NORMS
RELATING TO THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM
AND POLITICAL PRISONERS
A.
Cuba's international obligations in the area of human
rights
B.
Human rights under the Cuban Constitution of 1976
C.
Cuba's penal legislation with respect to human rights
D. The specific problem of
obligatory military service
E.
The death penalty
F. Concerning the socially
harmful conditions and security measures
CHAPTER
II - SITUATION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS
A.
General observations
B. Prison treatment during the
period of confinement
C. Individual cases of
mistreatment in prison
CHAPTER
III - AN ANALYSIS OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL CASES
SUBMITTED TO THE IACHR
A.
General observations
B.
Denunciations concerning freedom of expression
C.
Denunciations concerning freedom to leave the country
D.
Penalties for being in a post criminal, socially harmful condition
CHAPTER
IV - RECENT EVENTS INVOLVING POLITICAL PRISONERS
A.
The dialogue concerning the release of political
prisoners
B.
The pardons that resulted from the dialogue
CONCLUSIONS
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