Thursday, January 22, 2015

MODIFIED DIGITAL NOTES FOR FINAL

As indicated, you will receive an individual grade for the quality of your research and correctly formatted citations of your sources.  This must be presented in the form of modified, digital notes.  The modified version is the following:

Source Citation


"Cuba Continues to Violate Human Rights." Cuba. Ed. Noah Berlatsky. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2013. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. from "Executive Summary." http://www.hrw.org/en/node/86554. Vol. 1. 2009.Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 22 Jan. 2015.


* "Raúl Castro's government has imprisoned scores of political prisoners using laws criminalizing dissent. In particular,fundamental freedoms under Fidel Castro, including 53 human rights defenders, journalists, civil society leaders, and other dissenters arrested in a massive 2003 crackdown...."
*"Cuba systematically violates the due process rights of dissenters from the moment they are arrested through their sham trials. Political detainees are routinely denied access to legal counsel and family visits, held in inhumane and dangerous conditions, and subjected to forced interrogations.government where a court acquitted a political detainee...."
* "Political prisoners who criticize the government, refuse to participate in ideological "re-education," or engage in hunger strikes or other forms of protest are routinely subjected to extended solitary confinement, beatings, restrictions of visits, and the denial of medical care. Prisoners have no effective complaint mechanism to seek redress, granting prison authorities total impunity."

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