Castro Regime Prevents Prominent Human-Rights Activist from Leaving Cuba

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Castro Regime Prevents Prominent Human-Rights Activist from Leaving Cuba
Elena Toledo

The Raúl Castro regime in Cuba has been criticized for restricting individual liberties in order to suppress accusations that it consistently commits human rights violations. As a result, the most outspoken activists often discover they have been barred from leaving the country. The most recent case looks to be Jorge Luis García Pérez, also known as “Antúnez.”

He was headed to Washington D.C. this week to provide testimony to the International Commission for the Oversight of the Crimes against Humanity, but the Ministry of the Interior told him his departure had been denied due to his dissident activities against the regime.

The Commission will still hold hearings with other victims of crimes committed by Castro. Antúnez spent 15 years in prison until his release in 2007. Strangely, he’s been able to leave the island on several occasions since his release — during which he denounced crimes against humanity committed by the Castro dictatorship — but was prevented from doing so this time.

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