Death penalty in Cuba dialogue - includes Chomsky and Zinn

[peaccenicked]

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~marto/adpp/cuba.htm

I posted this link while arguing with RedSovietCCCP
in Soc V Cap but it deserves wider reading.

[andresG]

Very interesting.
Lately I had been thinking of the death penalty in Cuba.
I have talked to people who support the Cuban Revolution but think that keeping the death penalty has been one of its mistakes.
I will continue reading more about this so that I can form an intelligent opinion.

[revolutionary spirit]

i could only read half of it,tell me though,does capital punishment remain in Cubae seeing this is two years old.

[peaccenicked]

''A number of prisoners of conscience were released in 2001, but several new arrests indicated that the Cuban authorities had not renounced curbs on the peaceful exercise of freedom of expression, association and assembly. Short-term detention and other forms of harassment continued to be used to repress the activities of journalists, political activists and others. An unofficial moratorium on executions was said to be in force. No executions were reported during 2001, although the courts continued to hand down death sentences. The four-decades-old embargo against Cuba by the USA continued to contribute to a climate in which fundamental rights were denied. However, for the first time the USA sold agricultural commodities to Cuba in the wake of a hurricane in November. Both countries denied that this signified a change in overall relations. In November, UN General Assembly members voted overwhelmingly to condemn the embargo, for the 10th consecutive year. ''
Amnesty International