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The Cuban government continues to double down on its systematic violation of human rights.
Religious freedoms targeted
The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for the first time, labeled both Cuba and Nicaragua Countries of Particular Concern (CPC), in its 2023 report.
"In the former, conditions worsened considerably as the Caribbean island’s communist government sought to impose 'total dominance' over religious life. And the latter’s designation derived from the Central American nation’s autocratic turn and increased repression against its Catholic church."
Labor rights violated
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the Special Rapporteurship for Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) in their new Report on Labor and Union Rights in Cuba (available online in Spanish) "warn about the persistence of systematic patterns of labor rights violations, particularly due to the lack of democracy that prevents the full exercise of labor rights, which are affected by the socioeconomic context that the country is going through, and which are linked to situations of precarious labor conditions, worsening hiring conditions, absence of occupational health and safety measures, lack of freedom of expression. Likewise, persecution for political reasons in the labor context and the structural discrimination that affects Afro-Cubans, women, persons with disabilities, the elderly, and LGBTI persons are particularly highlighted in the report."