by Juan Carlos González Leiva *
In 2007, the Cuban government announced that in the first three months of next year sign the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, adopted by the General Assembly the UN on December 16, 1966 and entered into force on March 23, 1976 . In effect, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Felipe Pérez Roque, signed the document on February 28, 2008. In this article I give this most important international code, its spirit, essence, legal and applying them in our country.
In its preamble, the aforesaid International Covenant states: "Whereas, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, freedom, justice and peace in the world are based on the recognition of the inherent dignity of all members of the human family and their equal and inalienable rights. " That is, the foundation of international peace, universal justice and liberty, is the dignity of the human person, which exists only when you respect their legal attributes are indispensable. This spirit animates it from beginning to end. The letter is a harmonious and clear spring light bath for all peoples of the earth to achieve it. Articles 19
and 21 endorse: "Nobody may be harassed because of their opinions." "Everyone has the right to freedom of expression: this right includes freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing, in print or art, or through any other media of his choice. "" The right of peaceful assembly. "
Over one hundred prisoners of conscience languishing in the jails of the Cuban government. Twenty have been prosecuted in the last three months, in summary, non-public by biased courts subject to military security State. Extinct over twenty-five sentences of up to four years without having committed any crime, as I said the Supreme Court itself, they were accused of being "likely to commit crimes" by socially dangerous behavior. Fifty-five, belonging to the Group of 75 imprisoned in March 2003, have five years of imprisonment and torture overkill, with most in poor health for the strict punishment, the avenger of government in Havana.
Article 10, paragraph 1 thereof provides: "All persons deprived of liberty shall be treated humanely and with respect for the inherent dignity of human being." Nearly a hundred thousand people currently suffer the horrendous prison box. Are about 260 political prisoners, survivors malnourished, without water, without medical assistance and exposed to tuberculosis. Since all prisons have been frequently reported massive beatings. At least 35 common prisoners died in 2007, victims of this terrible regime. Two were killed by the guards hierrazos in Prison Kilo 8, Camagüey. Under these conditions fifty survives the death penalty.
God from Eden, condemned the bloodshed and enshrined the right to life of his creatures, made in His image and likeness. The Covenant, Article 6, states: "The right to life is inherent in human beings. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life. "
Arbitrary detention, interference with privacy, family, home or correspondence, and attacks on the honor, being outlawed by the rules of the Covenant.
Article 23, paragraph 1, calls the family of "natural and fundamental group unit of society" and recognize their "right to protection by society and the state." But about four hundred people were evacuated from their homes to blows last month in Holguín. The government announced it would demolish the houses of some three thousand people. Twenty pedicabs were confiscated in Havana in mid February 2008, and its owners were left without support or tools for work to feed his family. Facts like these are political and daily activities of the Cuban authorities across the country.
The visit to Cuba by Vatican Secretary of State, Monsignor Tarcisio Bertone, today does not mean that we preach in parks, public places or from house to house. Has not yet returned the rights to radio, television, press and religious education. Dozens of Christian human rights defenders were arrested or visited in their homes by the State Security, which prevented their participation in the Mass celebrated by Cardinal Bertone in Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo los días 23 y 24 de febrero de 2008.
Gerardo Sánchez Ortega, Yorledis Duvalón Guiber, Rolando Rodríguez Lobaina. Abel López Pérez, Kéiber Rodríguez Fernández y Noelmis Cevila Terrero denunciaron por vía telefónica que permanecieron hasta doce horas en unidades de la policía política, siendo interrogados y amenazados por los militares. También fueron víctimas de esta actividad represiva Yordis García Fournier y Ana Belkis Ferrer García.
¿Cuándo comenzará a respetarse este postulado?: “Toda persona tiene derecho a la libertad de pensamiento, de conciencia y de religión”; así como la libertad de “manifestar su religión o sus beliefs, individually or collectively, in public and private, through worship, religious observance, practice and teaching. "(Article 18, first paragraph, the International Covenant.)
Without political freedom can not be said any other attributes specific to the individual, which is why Article 25, paragraphs a), b) and c), gives "to participate in public affairs, directly or through freely chosen representatives," "vote and be elected at genuine periodic elections which shall be by universal and equal and secret ballot, guaranteeing the free expression of will of the voters "and" access, on general terms of equality, to public service in his country. "
The political continuity, far from opening, just gave in Havana a thunderous slam that has chilled the blood of friends and enemies of the regime, inside and outside Cuba. Raul Castro was officially president of the Council of State and Government, but has agreed to not move a finger in foreign policy, military and economic if not consult his brother, who cited some fifteen times in his speech, during which said: "More important than thinking is to work for what is agreed here."
Amid all this domestic drama and without the slightest hint of relief, how to understand the entry into force and implementation of this honest and practical, the most important international instrument that protects human beings and their basic rights? (For the International Covenant is antithetical not only the official dynastic succession just suffer, but the tyrannical hijacking 50 years now seeks to legitimize in the eyes of the world the top ruler, with the sole purpose of holding on to power, expense of the suffering and the life of an entire people.)
is true that the signing of the Pact involves formal recognition by the government of human rights for the people, but amen reserves which undoubtedly will make, what has happened during this half century with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, from which Cuba is a manager and signatory? States Parties are obliged to amend domestic law to give input to the rules of the Covenant. "Raul Castro abolished Law No. 88 (Gag) and will immediately release all prisoners of conscience? "Reforming the Penal Code and all rules that institutionalize the systematic violation of the rights in Cuba contained in the Covenant? Will it improve prison conditions and the criminals will no longer haunt me for defending precisely what the said Covenant Boss?
In my opinion, the government once again trust in their customary resources: handling and international ridicule. Learn about the complex and dysfunctional mechanisms of verification and implementation of United Nations, delays and reservations. Cree to escape on a tangent. Everything is a matter of waiting with open eyes
* Juan Carlos González Leiva: Avileño. Blind. From the day of his graduation as Bachelor of Laws (University of Havana, 1997) joined the current Agramontista. President of the Cuban Foundation for Human Rights and Executive Secretary of Council Rights Rapporteur Human (both organizations based in Ciego de Avila). Is the only former political prisoner in the world blind. Lies in Ciego de Avila.
In 2007, the Cuban government announced that in the first three months of next year sign the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, adopted by the General Assembly the UN on December 16, 1966 and entered into force on March 23, 1976 . In effect, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Felipe Pérez Roque, signed the document on February 28, 2008. In this article I give this most important international code, its spirit, essence, legal and applying them in our country. In its preamble, the aforesaid International Covenant states: "Whereas, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, freedom, justice and peace in the world are based on the recognition of the inherent dignity of all members of the human family and their equal and inalienable rights. " That is, the foundation of international peace, universal justice and liberty, is the dignity of the human person, which exists only when you respect their legal attributes are indispensable. This spirit animates it from beginning to end. The letter is a harmonious and clear spring light bath for all peoples of the earth to achieve it. Articles 19
and 21 endorse: "Nobody may be harassed because of their opinions." "Everyone has the right to freedom of expression: this right includes freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing, in print or art, or through any other media of his choice. "" The right of peaceful assembly. "
Over one hundred prisoners of conscience languishing in the jails of the Cuban government. Twenty have been prosecuted in the last three months, in summary, non-public by biased courts subject to military security State. Extinct over twenty-five sentences of up to four years without having committed any crime, as I said the Supreme Court itself, they were accused of being "likely to commit crimes" by socially dangerous behavior. Fifty-five, belonging to the Group of 75 imprisoned in March 2003, have five years of imprisonment and torture overkill, with most in poor health for the strict punishment, the avenger of government in Havana.
Article 10, paragraph 1 thereof provides: "All persons deprived of liberty shall be treated humanely and with respect for the inherent dignity of human being." Nearly a hundred thousand people currently suffer the horrendous prison box. Are about 260 political prisoners, survivors malnourished, without water, without medical assistance and exposed to tuberculosis. Since all prisons have been frequently reported massive beatings. At least 35 common prisoners died in 2007, victims of this terrible regime. Two were killed by the guards hierrazos in Prison Kilo 8, Camagüey. Under these conditions fifty survives the death penalty.
God from Eden, condemned the bloodshed and enshrined the right to life of his creatures, made in His image and likeness. The Covenant, Article 6, states: "The right to life is inherent in human beings. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life. "
Arbitrary detention, interference with privacy, family, home or correspondence, and attacks on the honor, being outlawed by the rules of the Covenant.
Article 23, paragraph 1, calls the family of "natural and fundamental group unit of society" and recognize their "right to protection by society and the state." But about four hundred people were evacuated from their homes to blows last month in Holguín. The government announced it would demolish the houses of some three thousand people. Twenty pedicabs were confiscated in Havana in mid February 2008, and its owners were left without support or tools for work to feed his family. Facts like these are political and daily activities of the Cuban authorities across the country.
The visit to Cuba by Vatican Secretary of State, Monsignor Tarcisio Bertone, today does not mean that we preach in parks, public places or from house to house. Has not yet returned the rights to radio, television, press and religious education. Dozens of Christian human rights defenders were arrested or visited in their homes by the State Security, which prevented their participation in the Mass celebrated by Cardinal Bertone in Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo los días 23 y 24 de febrero de 2008.
Gerardo Sánchez Ortega, Yorledis Duvalón Guiber, Rolando Rodríguez Lobaina. Abel López Pérez, Kéiber Rodríguez Fernández y Noelmis Cevila Terrero denunciaron por vía telefónica que permanecieron hasta doce horas en unidades de la policía política, siendo interrogados y amenazados por los militares. También fueron víctimas de esta actividad represiva Yordis García Fournier y Ana Belkis Ferrer García.
¿Cuándo comenzará a respetarse este postulado?: “Toda persona tiene derecho a la libertad de pensamiento, de conciencia y de religión”; así como la libertad de “manifestar su religión o sus beliefs, individually or collectively, in public and private, through worship, religious observance, practice and teaching. "(Article 18, first paragraph, the International Covenant.)
Without political freedom can not be said any other attributes specific to the individual, which is why Article 25, paragraphs a), b) and c), gives "to participate in public affairs, directly or through freely chosen representatives," "vote and be elected at genuine periodic elections which shall be by universal and equal and secret ballot, guaranteeing the free expression of will of the voters "and" access, on general terms of equality, to public service in his country. "
The political continuity, far from opening, just gave in Havana a thunderous slam that has chilled the blood of friends and enemies of the regime, inside and outside Cuba. Raul Castro was officially president of the Council of State and Government, but has agreed to not move a finger in foreign policy, military and economic if not consult his brother, who cited some fifteen times in his speech, during which said: "More important than thinking is to work for what is agreed here."
Amid all this domestic drama and without the slightest hint of relief, how to understand the entry into force and implementation of this honest and practical, the most important international instrument that protects human beings and their basic rights? (For the International Covenant is antithetical not only the official dynastic succession just suffer, but the tyrannical hijacking 50 years now seeks to legitimize in the eyes of the world the top ruler, with the sole purpose of holding on to power, expense of the suffering and the life of an entire people.)
is true that the signing of the Pact involves formal recognition by the government of human rights for the people, but amen reserves which undoubtedly will make, what has happened during this half century with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, from which Cuba is a manager and signatory? States Parties are obliged to amend domestic law to give input to the rules of the Covenant. "Raul Castro abolished Law No. 88 (Gag) and will immediately release all prisoners of conscience? "Reforming the Penal Code and all rules that institutionalize the systematic violation of the rights in Cuba contained in the Covenant? Will it improve prison conditions and the criminals will no longer haunt me for defending precisely what the said Covenant Boss?
In my opinion, the government once again trust in their customary resources: handling and international ridicule. Learn about the complex and dysfunctional mechanisms of verification and implementation of United Nations, delays and reservations. Cree to escape on a tangent. Everything is a matter of waiting with open eyes
* Juan Carlos González Leiva: Avileño. Blind. From the day of his graduation as Bachelor of Laws (University of Havana, 1997) joined the current Agramontista. President of the Cuban Foundation for Human Rights and Executive Secretary of Council Rights Rapporteur Human (both organizations based in Ciego de Avila). Is the only former political prisoner in the world blind. Lies in Ciego de Avila.
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