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Cuban gov't increasing repression ‘in almost every area’: Watchdog report

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A watchdog report says the Cuban government has been increasing its repression, targeting religious freedom, dissent and humanitarian work across the country.

Cuba intensified its crackdown on religious freedom and civil liberties, according to a new report from a United Kingdom-based Christian Solidarity Worldwide, which documented 624 separate incidents in which freedom of religion or belief was violated — amounting to 1,898 individual violations.

CSW reported that religious leaders across Cuba — both from registered and unregistered groups — faced heightened levels of harassment, surveillance and punishment last year.

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