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Cuba accused of rounding up thousands of homeless and jailing them before Pope visit
Saturday, September 19, 2015 21:35
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Cuba has been accused of “social cleansing” before the Pope visits after police allegedly rounded up thousands of homeless people and threw them in jail.
The Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation claims an operation is underway in Havana, Holguin and Santiago – cities the pontiff will visit between today and Tuesday.
The activism group says authorities have jailed “thousands of beggars, panhandlers, ragamuffins, the mentally ill and other vulnerable wanderers, most of them homeless”.
It also alleges that the operation was approved by Cuba’s highest authorities …. http://www.express.co.uk
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/09/cuba-accused-of-rounding-up-thousands.html
