Rosa Parks Feminist Movement for Civil Rights is a
human rights
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movement in
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
. It is named after
Rosa Parks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the ...
. The movement is headed by
Iris Tamara Pérez Aguilera, the wife of human rights and democracy advocate
Jorge Luis García Pérez
Jorge Luis García Pérez (known as Antúnez, born 10 October 1964, Placetas, Cuba) is an Afro-Cuban human rights and democracy activist.
Dissident career
Antúnez was jailed for 17 years from 1990 to 2007. Other dissidents have referred to Antún ...
.
Demands
The movement is demanding:
# An end to the torture and repression of imprisoned opposition activist
Mario Alberto Pérez Aguilera and all other Cuban political prisoners.
# Prompt and just resolutions to the cases of thousands of Cubans without a place to live, renewing the existing "Campaign for Dignified and Decorous Housing for Every Cuban."
# An end to the repression of peaceful human rights defenders, and that the Castro regime ratify and publish international human rights covenants and the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is an international document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly that enshrines the Human rights, rights and freedoms of all human beings. Drafted by a UN Drafting of the Universal De ...
, to which Cuba is signatory.
See also
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Cuban dissidents
The Cuban dissident movement is a political movement in Cuba whose aim is to replace the current government with a liberal democracy. According to Human Rights Watch, the Cuban government represses nearly all forms of political dissent.
Backgrou ...
References
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External links
Interviewwith Bertha Antunez
Human rights organizations based in Cuba
Women in Cuba
Rosa Parks