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A Day for Cuba – Defending Human Rights

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  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: March 20, 2018, 19:00 – 21:00

Discussion evening in commemoration of the events of 18 March 2003, when 75 leading dissidents were arrested in Cuba and later sentenced to lengthy prison terms. They were released prematurely in 2010 and most have been pressured by the government into going into exile.

Themes: What is the situation in Cuba today? To what degree is direct support for the opposition, which is trying to undermine the credibility and solidity of the authoritarian regime from the inside, having an effect? Isn’t it better to negotiate with totalitarian leaders and put political and economic pressure on them to ultimately bring about change themselves? And what do ordinary Cubans who just “want to live and get by” and have turned their backs on politics make of human rights?

Debate participants: Taťana Fischerová (Helsinki Committee), Martin Balcar (Amnesty International) and Peter Moree (Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren). The names of Cuban participants will be posted on the VHL website.

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