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CubaBrief: Hundreds of Cuban doctors join case against the Castro regime denouncing overseas medical program as a form of slavery at the Int& #39;l Criminal Court. Bipartisan U.S. Senate effort introduces Combating Trafficking of Cuban Doctors Act https://cubacenter.org/archives/2020/9/23/cubabrief-hundreds-of-cuban-doctors-join-case-against-the-castro-regime-as-the-intl-criminal-court-denounce-overseas-medical-program-as-a-form-of-slavery">https://cubacenter.org/archives/... 1/
The word "slavery" is a powerful term with heavy baggage and should not be used lightly. https://cubacenter.org/archives/2020/9/23/cubabrief-hundreds-of-cuban-doctors-join-case-against-the-castro-regime-as-the-intl-criminal-court-denounce-overseas-medical-program-as-a-form-of-slavery">https://cubacenter.org/archives/... 2/
2 UN Special Rapporteurs sent a letter on Nov 6, 2019, to the Cuban govt regarding its medical missions in which both indicated that "according to forced labor indicators established by the Int& #39;l Labor Organization. Forced labor constitutes a contemporary form of slavery." 3/
"Last year, Luis Almagro, secretary general of the Organization of American States, described the medical corps programme as "a system of modern slavery"... https://cubacenter.org/archives/2020/9/23/cubabrief-hundreds-of-cuban-doctors-join-case-against-the-castro-regime-as-the-intl-criminal-court-denounce-overseas-medical-program-as-a-form-of-slavery">https://cubacenter.org/archives/... 4/
that involved "tens of thousands of people who are forced to live abroad without knowing where they are going next, whose passports are confiscated, who are controlled by intelligence agents & have most of their earnings confiscated by the Cuban govt." https://cubacenter.org/archives/2020/9/23/cubabrief-hundreds-of-cuban-doctors-join-case-against-the-castro-regime-as-the-intl-criminal-court-denounce-overseas-medical-program-as-a-form-of-slavery">https://cubacenter.org/archives/... 5/
Today, @AFPfr revealed that 622 doctors had joined a case against the Castro regime at the Int& #39;l Criminal Court accusing their overseas medical program as a form of slavery. https://cubacenter.org/archives/2020/9/23/cubabrief-hundreds-of-cuban-doctors-join-case-against-the-castro-regime-as-the-intl-criminal-court-denounce-overseas-medical-program-as-a-form-of-slavery">https://cubacenter.org/archives/... 6/
Monday, @SenatorMenendez D-NJ, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, & @SenRubioPress R-FL., Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, introduced the Combating Trafficking of Cuban Doctors Act. https://cubacenter.org/archives/2020/9/23/cubabrief-hundreds-of-cuban-doctors-join-case-against-the-castro-regime-as-the-intl-criminal-court-denounce-overseas-medical-program-as-a-form-of-slavery">https://cubacenter.org/archives/... 8/
The new legislation seeks to strengthen accountability for the Cuban regime’s documented human trafficking and exploitation of Cuban doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals through overseas medical missions. https://cubacenter.org/archives/2020/9/23/cubabrief-hundreds-of-cuban-doctors-join-case-against-the-castro-regime-as-the-intl-criminal-court-denounce-overseas-medical-program-as-a-form-of-slavery">https://cubacenter.org/archives/... 9/
