On June 22, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation held a presentation of VOC’s latest report on Torture in Cuba, and launched an innovative system to map, analyze, and disaggregate information on political prisoners in Cuba, in partnership with Prisoners Defenders.
Speakers included Ambassador Andrew Bremberg, president of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, Keylilly De la Mora, former political prisoner and UNPACU activist, and Javier Larrondo, president of Prisoners Defenders.
The report, Torture in Cuba, is the most comprehensive examination of Havana’s human rights crimes to date, analyzing 181 victims tortured by the regime in the last 12 months, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methods. The findings are shocking.
The study identified 15 unique methods of torture employed by communist officials, carried out on minors and adults alike, including a trans woman and four dual nationals. 80% of the victims were subjected to more than five types of torture.
