Increasing violations of religious freedom in Cuba

There has been a dramatic increase in violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief in Cuba. From the beginning of 2014 to mid-July, Christian Solidarity Worldwide reports 170 separate religious freedom violations, many of which involved dozens of victims. This followed the record of 180 documented cases in 2013, compared with 120 in 2012 and 40 in 2011. More