This article talks about how there are critics of the Cuban government that face harassment for the non-violent expression of their political beliefs. Two men by the names of Leornardo Bruzon Avil and Carlos Alberto Dominquez Gonzalez who are "prisoners of conscience" because they were detained in jail for the non-violent exercise of their freedom of right of expression and association. They have both been held since February 23rd with no trial dates set. Amnesty International is upset that these men are being forced to pay for the exercise of their basic rights. Leonard was arrested on the basis of preventing him from taking part in protester activities. His health has recently deteriorated following a hunger strike he did in protest of his detention which caused him to be transferred to a hospital. The motives for arresting Carlos were unclear but it is suspected that it may have something to do with the fact that days before his arrest he attended several Catholic masses on behalf of political prisoners. There have been many other people detained in relation to their involvement in peaceful activities, who have also been jailed for a long time with no trial. There is also a case about a small group of young Cubans who drove a bus on the premises of the Mexican Embassy in Havana in an attempt to leave Cuba, they were also detained in February and are awaiting trial and formal charges.
Dominican Republic .
This article talks about how there has been a number of unlawful killings by security forces in the Dominican Republic. There have been efforts to investigate them and bring those responsible to justice, but there have only been results in a few higher profile cases. In 1999, 200 people were killed but members of the National Police from exchanges of gun fire with criminal suspects but the different versions of this event are disputed by different eyewitnesses- so basically no one really knows the basis behind these shootings.