Cuban Ambassador to Yemen:”USA is the greatest violator of human rights worldwide” [Archives:2005/833/Community]

Mohammed bin Sallam
Cuba, United States of America's small neighbour, has been subject, unlike other small countries, since the disintegration of the former USSR, in particular, to unethical inhuman US treatment, said Cuban Ambassador to Sana'a. This is because Cuba refused to submit to the American will. The unequivalent war between the two countries will continue until peace prevails in the world. This will not be achieved unless the former power balance is restored either by Russia growing once again into a superpower or China leaping to maintain balance.

In his last meeting with journalists on Tuesday April 5, 2005, Cuban Ambassador spoke about the bitterness of the past, the bullying and the dominance of America who is trying to mortify Cubans in terms of human rights issues.

“Cuba takes care of human rights. This issue is considerably significant to us as the Cuban Revolution erupted in order to protect human rights: social, political, religious, etc. A conference of the human rights committee was held in Geneva on April 14 where the US presented a list of groundless charges against Cuba,” the Ambassador said .

His Excellency Roberto Rodriguez Pena further said, ” The Human Rights Committee is always governed by the influential powers of the world. The decisions of this committee are set against the countries of the Third World. Cuba did not agree to those double-standard policies. The Committee never condemned the violations against human rights in Guantanamo and other places such as Abu Gharib Prison and human rights breaches in Afghanistan as well as Palestine.

“This means that great countries are trying to pursue their violations in the smaller countries . Only big countries do flout human rights and nobody can hold them accountable. Even this so-called human rights committee avoid mentioning these countries and therefore their resolutions are always weak.

The UN Secretary General himself said that the committee has lost its credibility because it does not treat all addressed violations going on around the world especially those in the great dominating countries.

The Cuban government are against the American conditions as they hold a unilateral vision on human rights and are discriminative in nature.

The Ambassador also said that this committee is set up to control poor countries and leave the greater countries untouched. “It is used as a weapon in the hands of the greater power against the minor states. The scenarios and plans channeled through this committee are meant to justify the 40-year-old economic embargo on Cuba.

“In order for the US to be able to militarily invade Cuba, she is trying to apply all sorts of terrorism against it in the form of violations against the principles of human rights.

Mr. Roberto added, ” There is no political prisoner in Cuba and there are no human rights violations. Nobody has been executed outside the jurisdiction. The US should not speak about human rights violations while she is the greatest violator of them worldwide. We, in Cuba, are able to prove that to the World. The World should know that there is no illiteracy in the Cuba as education, medical and sports is free for the right of the Cuban citizens.

We, in Cuba, are trying to improve people's lives every day. There are some 23 thousand physicians rendering their services in 66 countries as well as 15 thousand foreign students studying in Cuba.

“We in Cuba reject all resolutions issued by this committee and reject any decisions from any country. In 1988 Cuba received a committee from the human rights authority, in 1993, a supreme commission, and in 1999 a two-person committee probing a number of human rights incidents who could find any evidence of violations.”

He said that in the year 2004, the US government allotted $59 million to implant mischief and cause instability as well as sabotage acts in Cuba. President Bush has taken about 400 decisions to tighten embargo measures on Cuba and to feed chaos and riots.

“America abuses its Cuban-origin citizens who live in America by prohibiting them from remitting money to their relatives and families. It also abuses the rights of American citizens by preventing them from visiting Cuba.

US embargo against Cuba cost it some $7 billion over the last decade which resulted in 3500 deaths and thousands injured.

“The Cuban economy has been heavily damaged and the Cubans affected consequently. We ask for the solidarity of all people with us against the US military policy posed against Cuba.

“The Cuban people will remain strong and unconquerable by discriminative acts conducted by the Human Rights Committee. Cubans have the right to defend themselves against this aggressive arbitrary policy.”

There are about 550 Arab and non-Arab detainees in Guantanamo who are deprived of the most basic rights while America carries medical experiments on them. The Ambassador wondered why such violations aren't denounced by the World.

“What is all this international silence about the misconduct of America in Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries. What is happening in Palestine and the Israeli malpractice are not reported by the Geneva-based Committee.”

He narrated the story of the five Cuban young men who were given life imprisonment sentence, three of which were born in America and one was given two life imprisonment sentences.

He added, “You have to know that poverty and deterioration cannot be fought with weapons while the poverty in medical services can't be removed by intimidation and arms.

“We reiterate that there are no diseases, beggars, illiteracy or unemployment that goes unnoticed in Cuba. There are some 2 million tourists visiting Cuba annually from different countries. There are also new oil discoveries which herald prosperity for the Cubans. 96% of the Cubans are getting electricity, 4% are getting solar energy, 44% of the workforce are women, 65% of researchers are women, and 26% of the ambassadors are women. This means that we make provisions for women, take care of the old and the disabled. We do not discriminate between the white and the black. All children have access to free service of kindergarten, schooling and even university. We have 34 thousand sports education teachers and 15 students in each classroom. The average of child mortality is 5-8 per 1000 births.”

He concluded by saying that “All this happens under embargo, raids, media warfare and terrorist warfare waged by the US against Cuba.”
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