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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent with reporting from Cuba
HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- One of Cuba's youngest "prisoners of conscience" was recovering Friday, April 18, after he was nearly strangled to death by a fellow prisoner, while security personnel watched nearby, pro-democracy activists and family said.
HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Religious rights of prisoners of conscience are "systematically violated in Cuban prisons," despite a transfer of power on the Communist-run island, according to a new report released Tuesday, March 18, by a major Christian human rights group.
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HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Cuba’s ailing Fidel Castro, one of the world's longest serving leaders, officially resigned Tuesday, February 19, but it was not immediately clear what impact that decision would have on political and religious prisoners, including Christians, held across
the Communist island.
Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Concerns remained Saturday, January 12, over the apparently deteriorating health of Dr. Jose Luis Garcia Paneque, a doctor and a devout Roman Catholic, who has been imprisoned in Cuba since a government-led crackdown on pro-democracy activists in 2003.
HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- A group of at least eight Spanish women were on their way home Tuesday, December 11, after they participated in a protest against Cuban leader Fidel Castro and the detention of hundreds of political prisoners, including many Christians.
HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Cuban security agents stormed a Catholic church and "severely beat around eighteen human rights activists who were attending Mass," there, a key Christian human rights group confirmed Thursday, December 6.
