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EU slams deterioration in Cuba's human rights record

EU foreign ministers have slammed the Cuban government for its deteriorating human rights record saying the bloc should agree on a longer term strategy on its relations with the "island of freedom."

Meeting in Luxembourg on Monday (12 June), the ministers urged Havana to "unconditionally release all political prisoners," while lamenting the fact that the prisoner numbers have increased since last year.

They also criticised "several dozen acts of violent harassment and intimidation...

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