Cuba Dissident's Wife Becomes Activist
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Blanca Reyes used to make coffee while her husband, writer Raul Rivero, spent hours talking with other intellectuals in their living room. But when Rivero was thrown into prison after a crackdown on dissidents by Cuba last year, the former homemaker became an activist, leading political prisoners' wives fighting for the release of their husbands.
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She has championed Tibet, cried about Tibet, marched for Tibet, longed for Tibet. And now, finally, she has been to Tibet. Pema Chagzoetsang, known in Utah as an ardent advocate for her native land and for
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A rights group in Cuba says there are fewer political prisoners but widespread repression continues.
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Cuba's communist government freed two  more dissidents on Tuesday including its most prominent jailed  critic, poet and journalist Raul Rivero, after 20 months behind  bars.
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Vilma Espin de Castro, 77, a daughter of privilege who became one of the most powerful women in Communist Cuba -- as the de facto first lady for her brother-in-law, Fidel Castro, and as a champion of women's rights -- died June 18 in Havana. Her husband, Defense Minister Raul Castro, is acting pr...
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The mother of a jailed Cuban dissident journalist will be on hand for President George W. Bush's State of the Union speech on Monday to underscore the administration's hard line against the Castro government.
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MOSCOW -- A prominent human-rights activist in Uzbekistan who worked part-time as a translator for New York-based Human Rights Watch has been detained after fleeing her homeland and then attempting to return, her lawyer said yesterday. Umida Niyazova, 32, an activist with Veritas, an unregistered Uzbek human rights group, was detained near Uzbekistan's border with Kyrgyzstan on Jan. 22, according ...
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The Colombia-born wife of a Georgia state senator, who had been in hiding as federal immigration officials try to deport her, turned herself in Tuesday to face an order to remove her from the country.
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With Cuban leader Fidel Castro ailing after 47 years in power, CNN said Thursday it had hired his estranged daughter, Alina Fernandez, as a network contributor.
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BEIJING, Aug. 24 -- The wife of a blind, imprisoned legal activist was detained at the Beijing airport Friday after authorities prevented her from flying to the Philippines to receive an award on behalf of her husband, whose case has sparked international outrage and condemnation.
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With Fidel Castro's poor health making change in Cuba seem closer than ever, a leading dissident called on Wednesday for fractious opposition groups to patch up their differences and get ready before the ailing leader is gone.
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Cuba frees Hector Palacios, a dissident charged with conspiracy during a wave of arrests in 2003.
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BEIJING -- The wife of a Boston-area democracy activist jailed in China said yesterday she plans to seek medical parole for her husband after seeing him for the first time since he was detained in 2002.
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On the surface, life in Cuba remains utterly normal a month after Fidel Castro ceded power for the first time in 47 years. But behind the scenes, an emerging collective leadership is increasing the possibilities for change on the communist-ruled island, and bringing a fresh look at U.S. policies aimed at undermining the Cuban system.
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Cuba released three imprisoned  dissidents on health grounds on Monday in what opposition  activists called a bid to end a diplomatic standoff with the  European Union.
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A Cuban exile who helped lead a group that tried for decades to overthrow Cuban President Fidel Castro has died. He was 88.
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The Episcopal Church has named a woman as bishop in Cuba, the first such appointment by the church in the developing world, church officials said Tuesday.