Thursday, April 15, 2004
The UN's Commission on Human Rights decided, by a one vote margin, to rebuke Cuba for its human rights record.
Yahoo! News - U.N. Rights Body Urges Cuba to Reform
The Geneva-based Commission on Human Rights called on Cuba to guarantee freedom of expression and religion and to begin a dialogue with Cuban political groups and thinkers to develop democratic institutions and civil liberties.
It also deplored the heavy sentences handed down to 75 dissidents rounded up a year ago, but stopped short of demanding their immediate release.
The motion, one of the most politically charged of the commission's six-week annual session, was proposed by Honduras and supported by the United States and the European Union (news - web sites)...
Update: Here's the correct link to the story at Reuters.
Update2: Apparently, the Cuba delegation beat-up an anti-Castro activist.
Link at Yahoo is longer good?