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Our legal sentencing documents from the Cuban government detail the accused crimes of the dissidents.
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Welcome Video
This model of a Cuban isolation cell was constructed at the request of the U.S. Interests Section's Chief of Mission, Mr. James Cason, and was originally installed at his Residence in Cubanacan in September, 2004. The construction of the punishment cell was guided by a description smuggled out of the "5 y Medio" penitentiary in Pinar del Rio in the summer of 2004 by Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet to his wife, Elsa Morejon, who narrates this virtual tour of the cell. The cell is currently on display at the Consular entrance to the U.S. Interests Section in Vedado, Havana.
Professor Terry Coonan presents the mission of the Rule of Law and Cuba Website.
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Dissidents
José Luis García Paneque
Sentenced to 24 years in prison at Villa Clara, Santa Clara Provincial Prison.
José Luis García Paneque is a plastic surgeon and a director of Libertad agency (Las Tunas), sentenced in Las Tunas province. Prosecutors had asked for 18 years but the court raised the sentence to 24 without explanation. In July 2000, Paneque wrote ...
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About Us
The Center for the Advancement of Human Rights is an interdisciplinary, non-partisan human rights center located at Florida State University. Established in 2000, the Center has the mandate of (1) creating human rights courses throughout FSU's many colleges and departments; (2) of sponsoring FSU students at home and abroad for human rights internships; and (3) of supporting human rights advocates and non-governmental organizations throughout the world.
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You may contact the FSU Center for the Advancement of Human Rights through our e-mail address: ruleoflawandcuba@hotmail.com.
Our Mission
FSU President Emeritus
Sandy D'Alemberte
The Spring 2003 arrest and conviction of some 75 Cuban political dissidents precipitated international protests and broad-based criticisms of the Castro regime from around the world. The imprisonment of these dissidents marks one of the most severe crackdowns on the Cuban democracy movement in several decades, and represents a profound curtailment of human rights and civil liberties in Cuba.
This website is dedicated to an objective examination of the Rule of Law in Cuba. In particular, it aspires to collect and disseminate information about the recently convicted prisoners of conscience there and the legal proceedings that led to their imprisonment.