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108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 563
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the one-
year anniversary of the human rights crackdown in Cuba.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 16, 2004
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen (for herself, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr.
Menendez, and Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International
Relations
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RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the one-
year anniversary of the human rights crackdown in Cuba.
Whereas in March 2003, Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro, arrested more than 75
journalists, labor union organizers, civic leaders, and human rights
activists as political prisoners;
Whereas the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which guides global human
rights policy, asserts that all human beings are born free and live in
dignity with rights;
Whereas the Castro regime sentenced these innocent men and women to a total of
more than 1,000 years in prison, many of whom are anticipated to die in
prison before their sentence is completed;
Whereas these arrests were an atrocious attempt by the Castro regime to crush
the citizens' movement for a free and democratic Cuba;
Whereas the internal opposition in Cuba is working intensely and valiantly to
draw international attention to Cuba's deplorable human rights situation
and continues to strengthen and grow in its opposition to the Government
of Cuba;
Whereas Amnesty International has recognized all 75 journalists and activists
arrested in the crackdown on March 18, 2003, in Cuba as prisoners of
conscience;
Whereas Reporters Without Borders has called Cuba the world's biggest prison for
journalists;
Whereas the Government of Cuba engages in torture and other cruel, inhumane, and
degrading treatment and punishment against political prisoners to force
them into submission, including the use of electroshock, intense
beatings, and extended periods of solitary confinement without nutrition
or medical attention;
Whereas religious freedom in Cuba is severely circumscribed and clergy and lay
people suffer sustained persecution by the Cuban State Security
apparatus;
Whereas the Government of Cuba denies the people of Cuba equal protection under
the law, enforcing a judicial system which infringes upon fundamental
rights while denying recourse against the violation of human rights and
civil liberties; and
Whereas the United States Congress has stood, consistently, on the side of the
Cuban people and supported their right to be free: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) condemns in the strongest possible terms the repressive
crackdown by the Government of Cuba against the brave internal
opposition and the independent press;
(2) expresses its profound admiration and firm solidarity
with the internal opposition and independent press of Cuba;
(3) demands that the Government of Cuba release all
political prisoners, legalize all political parties, labor
unions, and the press, and hold free and fair elections;
(4) declares the acts of the Castro regime, including its
widespread and systematic violation of human rights, to be in
violation of the Charter of the United Nations and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
(5) declares that the rule of law for the Cuban people
should guarantee each and every fundamental and inalienable
right; and
(6) calls for the passage of a resolution at the 60th
session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights that
holds the Government of Cuba accountable for its gross
violations of human rights and civil liberties.
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