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I will vote with reluctance for this resolution. The situation of human rights in Cuba is by no means perfect and on some occasions the Cuban authorities have been their own worst enemies in refusing permission for representatives of the
to travel to Strasbourg to receive their share of the Sakharov Prize recently. Yet there is, in my opinion, no climate of fear in Havana, such as that I have witnessed in Kashmir or, until recently, Aceh.
There is an issue of proportionality. Yes, Cuba violates human rights but not to the extent of Colombia with its death squads or Haiti with the anarchy of criminal gangs and violent politics which have seen more than 1000 deaths. Hopefully next week’s elections there might start to bring that to an end. Where is Parliament’s constant concern on these and other human rights in the region outside of Cuba? Where are our concerns about ‘occupied’ Cuba in Guantanamo Bay, where reports indicate that the situation is far worse than Cuba’s worst jails?"@en1
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