Asylum Resource Series: Cuba
Perspective Series
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Systematic
Repression of Dissent (December 1998) (546k)
Human Rights in Cuba Since the Papal Visit (October 1999) (321k)
Query Responses
Queries are short responses to specific inquiries received from Asylum Officers and other branches of the DHS. Responses may consist of photocopies of articles or may be a short narrative based on staff research and/or information from experts. On the website, only the query response is available. Attachments referenced in a query will not be available on the website.
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Information Packet.
Human Rights in Cuba IP/CUB/95.001 (June 1995) 131 pages
Cuba: Information on Government-Sponsored Petition to Amend the
Constitution (August 13, 2002)
Cuba: Information on a Religious Group Believing in Miraculous Properties of Water (June 8, 2000)
Cuba:
Movimiento por la Democracia en Cuba (MDC) (May
30, 2000)
Cuba: Movimiento 24
de Febrero (May 18, 2000)
Cuba:
Organization formed by people repatriated to the island
(May 5, 2000)
Cuba: Status of Homosexuals
(August 9
1999)
Cuba: The Movimiento Cubano de
Jóvenes por la Democracia and the Consejo Unitario de Trabajadores Cubanos (August 7,
1998)
Cuba: Dissidents and Political
Organizations (December 15, 1997)
Cuba: Information on
the Liga Cívica Martiana (December 2, 1997)
Cuba:
Background on the Social Christian Party and the Christian Democratic Party (October
27, 1997)
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