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Watchdog: Raúl Just as Bad as Fidel

He shares his brother's disregard for human rights

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 18, 2009 2:45 PM CST

(Newser) – The perception that Cuba is less repressive under Raúl Castro than Fidel is false, Human Rights Watch says. Dissidents are still harassed by the state, subject to arbitrary detention—532 such cases in the first half of 2009 alone—fired. or denied work. The...   Read full story »

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