Derechos Humanos / Human Rights

Número de detenciones arbitrarias en Cuba por mes en 2016:

Enero: 962 hombres y 512 mujeres; 
Febrero: 672 hombres y 504 mujeres;
Marzo: 682 hombres y 563 mujeres; 
Abril: 519 hombres y 609 mujeres.

En los primeros cuatro meses de 2016 las detenciones arbitrarias en Cuba sumaron 2835 hombres y 1688 mujeres, la mayoría de las cuales sucedieron en las provincias de La Habana y de Santiago de Cuba, y su número fue bastante elevado también en las provincias de Villa Clara, Camaguey, Las Tunas y Holguín [Fuente: Observatorio Cubano de Derechos Humanos (OCDH)].

• Over the last several weeks, the Government of Sudan has made an effort to obstruct the engagement of civil society activists in a United Nations (UN)-led human rights review of the country. In the statement that follows, 37 Sudanese and international organizations deemed this practice unacceptable and argued that it shows the government's contempt not just for human rights defenders in Sudan, but for human rights standards and the UN Human Rights Council. 
• Four representatives of Sudanese civil society were intercepted by security officials at Khartoum International Airport on their way to a high level human rights meeting with diplomats which was to take place in Geneva on March 31.  The meeting was organized by the international NGO, UPR Info, in preparation for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Sudan that will be held in May.

The efforts of the Government of Sudan to obstruct the engagement of civil society activists in a United Nations (UN)-led human rights review of the country is unacceptable and shows blatant contempt not just for human rights defenders in Sudan, but to human rights standards and the UN Human Rights Council, 37 Sudanese and international groups and eight prominent Sudanese individuals said today.

Four representatives of Sudanese civil society were intercepted by security officials at Khartoum International Airport on their way to a high level human rights meeting with diplomats which took place in Geneva today, 31 March.