INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS: De Facto Moratorium on Executions in Cuba
The
Cuban Commission on Human Rights and Reconciliation has reported that the
Cuban government has applied a de facto moratorium on executions.
Currently, about 50 prisoners are under sentence of death in Cuba,
but the country has not executed anyone since 2000.
"This represents a very important and positive change from the
macabre record of thousands of executions carried out during the first 42
years of the current government," said the Commission.
The Commission is urging Cuban authorities to switch to a formal
moratorium and commute the sentences of all death row inmates as soon as
possible.
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