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Cuban dissidents are calling for an international forensic investigation into the recent death of fellow dissident Juan Wilfredo Soto, who they say died after being arrested and beaten by police.
The dissidents issued the call Tuesday, two days after Soto died at the age of 46. They say Soto died in a hospital in the central Cuban city of Santa Clara, where he was taken following the altercation with police in a park last Thursday.
Cuba's government has denied that Soto was beaten. It says he died of natural causes. The dissidents have acknowledged that Soto had health problems, but they have accused the government of lying about the cause of his death.
Fifteen months ago, imprisoned dissident Orlando Zapata died following a nearly three-month hunger strike to protest Cuban prison conditions. Zapata's mother blamed Cuban authorities for his death.
Separately, the human rights group Amnesty International has called on Cuba to immediately open an independent and impartial investigation into Soto's death. Amnesty says that if Soto ultimately died as a result of a police beating in the park, those responsible must face justice
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Cuban Dissidents Push for Death Probe
Cuban dissidents are calling for an international forensic investigation into the recent death of fellow dissident Juan Wilfredo Soto, who they say died after being arrested and beaten by police.
The dissidents issued the call Tuesday, two days after Soto died at the age of 46. They say Soto died in a hospital in the central Cuban city of Santa Clara, where he was taken following the altercation with police in a park last Thursday.
Cuba's government has denied that Soto was beaten. It says he died of natural causes. The dissidents have acknowledged that Soto had health problems, but they have accused the government of lying about the cause of his death.
Fifteen months ago, imprisoned dissident Orlando Zapata died following a nearly three-month hunger strike to protest Cuban prison conditions. Zapata's mother blamed Cuban authorities for his death.
Separately, the human rights group Amnesty International has called on Cuba to immediately open an independent and impartial investigation into Soto's death. Amnesty says that if Soto ultimately died as a result of a police beating in the park, those responsible must face justice
Click here.
- Cuban Authorities Prevent Activists From Commemorating Death Of Dissident
Follow us on / Síguenos en / Suivez-nous sur www.facebook.com/Amnesty.International.Caribbean AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 23 February 2012 Cuban authorities prevent activists from commemorating death of dissident Authorities in Cuba...
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From Human Rights Watch: (Washington, DC) – The death of the 31-year-old dissident Wilman Villar Mendoza on January 19, 2012 following a 50-day hunger strike highlights the ongoing repression in Cuba, Human Rights Watch said today. The Cuban government...
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