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GLA LETTER TO ICT INDUSTRY LEADERS ON ALLEGED WEAPONIZATION OF ICT TECHNOLOGY IN CUBA

4/11/2019

 
In response to a request from Cuban civil society and religious leaders a few weeks ago, the Global Liberty Alliance sent a letter of information to ICT industry leaders and U.S. policymakers to raise awareness about alleged weaponization of ICT tools in Cuba. The matter was brought to the Global Liberty Alliance’s attention by a human rights defender and former political prisoner, Mr. Jorge Luis García Pérez (known as “Antúnez”).
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​In his letter to the Global Liberty Alliance, Antúnez said “social networks, a supposedly independent means that protects the identity and dignity of the people,” are being used by the Cuban government to target them.  “Thank you for your interest in the liberty of my country and the defense of the fundamental rights of my people,” Antúnez added.

In the letter to ICT executives and U.S. policymakers Global Liberty Alliance Chief Counsel Jason Poblete said as their and other ICT companies “work to provide ICT goods and services to Cuba, it is important to factor in your compliance programs that Cuba remains a totalitarian police state. In spite of U.S. efforts to normalize relations with Cuba in 2014, Cuba is an island gulag, not a Caribbean paradise.”

You can read Antúnez’s letter here:

2019-04-10 Cuba ICT Letter by Global Liberty Alliance on Scribd

​ABOUT ANTÚNEZ

Mr.  Pérez (a.k.a., “Antúnez”) has been an active member of the Cuban opposition movement for decades. In March 1990, he was sentenced to five years in prison for publicly denouncing the Castro regime, a sentence that was later extended because of his opposition and refusal to submit to the will of his captors. In 2007, after 17 years in the Cuban prison system, Antúnez was finally released and now leads the Orlando Zapata Tamayo National Resistance Front.
Interviews : Jorge Luis Garcia Perez AntúnezFor more information on Antúnez’s story see more of his interviews published as a part of The Freedom Collection, productions by the George W. Bush Presidential Center, here.


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        • Jason I. Poblete
        • Mauricio J. Tamargo
        • Arthur Freyre
        • Cara Di Silvio
        • Mariana Tejeida-Olvera
        • Veronica Mayer
        • Fr. Fernando Hería
      • Board >
        • Terry T. Campo
        • Frank M. Mendez
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        • Mauricio J. Tamargo
        • Dr. Stephen M. Thompson
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      • Brazil Cuban Medical Mission Files
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      • Guatemala Cuban Medical Mission Files
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      • Honduras Cuban Medical Mission Files
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      • Uruguay Cuban Medical Mission Files
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    • Free Yorubas of Cuba, Regularly Attacked for Faith
    • Alina Lopez-Miyares, US Citizen Tried by Cuban Tribunal
    • José Daniel Ferrer and UNPACU Activists
    • Roberto Quiñones, Jailed for Journalism
    • Rigal-Expósito Family, Torn Apart for Homeschooling
    • Tejeda-Lescaille Family, Persecuted for Jewish Faith
    • The Whittaker Chambers Farm
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