Cuban rights group sees no change under Raul Castro

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Posted on: January 9th, 2007
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“Respect for human rights has not improved in Cuba under interim leader Raul Castro, though the number of Cubans jailed for political reasons has fallen to 283, the countrys main rights watchdog said Tuesday.

Cuba remains the Western hemispheric nation with the most political prisoners in proportion to its population, the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation said in its year-end report.”

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