A special European Union envoy said on Friday that U.S. sanctions are worsening the human rights situation in Cuba while reiterating the EU's call on the communist-run government to release prisoners detained during mass protests in July of 2021.
HAVANA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - A special European Union envoy said on Friday that U.S. sanctions are worsening the human rights situation in Cuba while reiterating the EU’s call on the communist-run government to release prisoners detained during mass protests in July of 2021.
The people who are impacted are ordinary Cuban citizens who have difficulty accessing food, medicines," Gilmore told reporters before departing Havana late on Friday following a packed agenda of meetings.
Cuba denies it holds political prisoners and says those detained are guilty of assault, vandalism and sedition, among other crimes.
Tensions around the issue flared just days before Gilmore’s arrival after a prisoner died this week in Cuba, prompting a rebuke from the U.S. embassy, which said it was “outraged” by the detainee’s death.
Gilmore said Cuban officials had provided some details to the EU delegation about the case, adding that there is “an investigation underway and we will know the results in due course.”
Gilmore’s visit to Cuba, which concluded with a formal dialogue on Friday with top Cuban officials on human rights, is a stipulation of a 2016 political and cooperation agreement between the bloc and the Caribbean island nation.
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HAVANA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - A special European Union envoy said on Friday that U.S. sanctions are worsening the human rights situation in Cuba while reiterating the EU’s call on the communist-run government to release prisoners detained during mass protests in July of 2021.
The people who are impacted are ordinary Cuban citizens who have difficulty accessing food, medicines," Gilmore told reporters before departing Havana late on Friday following a packed agenda of meetings.
Cuba denies it holds political prisoners and says those detained are guilty of assault, vandalism and sedition, among other crimes.
Tensions around the issue flared just days before Gilmore’s arrival after a prisoner died this week in Cuba, prompting a rebuke from the U.S. embassy, which said it was “outraged” by the detainee’s death.
Gilmore said Cuban officials had provided some details to the EU delegation about the case, adding that there is “an investigation underway and we will know the results in due course.”
Gilmore’s visit to Cuba, which concluded with a formal dialogue on Friday with top Cuban officials on human rights, is a stipulation of a 2016 political and cooperation agreement between the bloc and the Caribbean island nation.
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