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Weekly Report - 12 August 2021 (WR-21-32)
CUBA: Summary trials continue as US ramps up pressure
A Cuban supreme court (TSP) magistrate, Joselín Sánchez Hidalgo, last week reported that 62 trials had taken place linked to the unprecedented anti-government protests which erupted last month over economic and health-related grievances [WR-21-28] but insisted that due process had been followed. The US government led by President Joe Biden, meanwhile, backed up its condemnation of the government crackdown with action.
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