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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'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 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 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'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 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 5/
Today, @AFPfr revealed that 622 doctors had joined a case against the Castro regime at the Int'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 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 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 9/
