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February 19, 2008
CNN ♥'s Castro
When it comes to Fidel Castro's rule, CNN encourages its employees to put on a happy face.
Disgusting.
Here's Castro's true legacy:
For almost five decades, Cuba has restricted nearly all avenues of political dissent. Cuban citizens have been systematically deprived of their fundamental rights to free expression, privacy, association, assembly, movement, and due process of law. Tactics for enforcing political conformity have included police warnings, surveillance, short-term detentions, house arrests, travel restrictions, criminal prosecutions, and politically motivated dismissals from employment.I know it's not kind to think such thoughts, but I believe the world will be a better place without Fidel Castro in it. CNN's executives should be ashamed of this email, but...I'm guessing they won't be.
Cuba’s legal and institutional structures have been at the root of its rights violations. The rights to freedom of expression, association, assembly, movement, and the press are strictly limited under Cuban law. By criminalizing enemy propaganda, the spreading of “unauthorized news,” and insult to patriotic symbols, the government curbs freedom of speech under the guise of protecting state security. The courts are not independent; they undermine the right to fair trial by restricting the right to a defense, and frequently fail to observe the few due process rights available to defendants under domestic law.
Posted by slublog at February 19, 2008 11:12 PM
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I don't understand the love of Castro and Che that the left exhibits. I get the whole freedom fighter thing, but isn't a revolution that a "freedom fighter" leads supposed to lead to, say, FREEDOM???
Posted by: Peter's Dad at February 20, 2008 07:20 AM