There are no free press. no opposition political parties. no independent judiciary. no independent labor unions. and no legally recognized human rights organizations. All Cubans are affected by the ab. sence of such institutions. Cuban prisons continue to hold several hundred political prisoners serving sentences for crimes such as attempting to leave the country illegally (although legal emigration is often delayed or denied on political grounds) or attempting to stage a demonstration. Many recentlyarrested activists have been held for months without trial and several have been resentenced. for apparently political reasons. while in prison. In the last six months. the Cuban government has banned two Soviet publications. expelled a Czech journalist. and arrested dissidents from the Union of Communist Youths.
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