The Cuban government continued its repression of freedom of religion last year, a new report from an international human rights organization focused on faith freedom revealed.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide documented 624 separate cases in 2024 of attacks on freedom of religion or belief. Most of those cases involved multiple violations of faith freedom, bringing the total number to 1,898.
Violations include arbitrary detention, intrusive surveillance, repeat interrogations, threats, harassment. In the case of some children, they also involved physical and verbal abuse at school because of students’ religious beliefs.
“The Cuban government has continued to use oppressive measures to exert control over the population in a crackdown that has been ongoing since 2021,” CSW stated in its report, “No Respite: The Systematic Suppression of Freedom of Religion or Belief in Cuba.”
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