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Why Did the Cuban Regime Jail an Environmentalist?

How dissent singles citizens out for harassment and discrimination.
The Cuban Sculptor Who Lives in a Museum

How leaving the island allowed an artist to unleash his creativity.
Why Aren't Women Protesting in Cuba?

The revolution was supposed to bring equality for women but the reality is very different.
Cuba's New Figurehead

Despite elections, real political change remains as far away as ever.
IWPR Fights Gender Violence Online

Publication includes a dozen key tips for digital security trainers.

A staff cleaner (not a convict) at a Cuban hospital. (Photo: Gerardo Younel Ávila Perdomo/Hablemos Press Center)

Convicts as Cleaners for Cuban Hospitals

Augusto César San Martin Albistur

5 Sep 13

Day-release scheme gives prisoners an income and provides extra hands for short-staffed healthcare system.

Zonas Poéticas event in Alamar, Havana. (Photo: Frank Abel)

Balancing Act for Cuban Hip Hop

23 Aug 13

Artists have to tread carefully between self-expression and offending officials.

The UN committee reviewing the position of women in Cuba heard submissions both from the government and from a legal aid NGO. (Photo: Cubalex)

UN Concern About Prostitution In Cuba

Yaremis Flores Marín

21 Aug 13

Committee notes detention used to “re-educate” sex workers.

Public internet access centre in Cuba. (Photo: Nico Cervantes)

Tight Controls Over Cuban Web Access

16 Aug 13

Government slowly making internet more widely available, but it’s expensive and many sites are blocked.

Cuban Lawyers Highlight Domestic Violence

Alexander Robles

8 Aug 13

In first report to UN committee, legal-sector NGO says police choose not to act when cases are reported.

Baseball stadium in Havana. (Photo: Alexander Robles)

Cuban Baseball Breaks Out

Osniel Carmona Breijo, Frank Abel García

6 Aug 13

After a 50-year ban, players win permission to play professionally abroad.

Cuban Dissidents Shut Out of Job Market

Osniel Carmona Breijo

6 Aug 13

Regime opponents struggle to find means of earning a living.

Cuban Hunger Strikes as Means of Pressure

Roberto de Jesús Guerra Pérez

26 Jul 13

Tactic now a traditional way of expressing dissent.

Cuban Soap Opera Falls Flat

24 Jul 13

New tale of rural life has yet to win over audience addicted to racier foreign imports.

Cuban Government Fears Football Defections

23 Jul 13

Playing in matches in United States offers players chance to escape and seek fame abroad.

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Asia: Afghanistan, Burma, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam

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