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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1351 

Commending the courage, bravery, and resolve of the fathers, mothers, sons, 

and daughters of Cuba, who, three years ago, stood in the face of 

brutal harassment, beatings, and torture to protest against the Communist Cuban regime, demanding access to their fundamental rights 

to life, dignity, and freedom. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 10, 2024 

Mr. DIAZ-BALART (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. GIMENEZ, Ms. SALAZAR, 

Mr. MOONEY, Mr. WALTZ, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mrs. CAMMACK, and Mrs. 

GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Commending the courage, bravery, and resolve of the fathers, 

mothers, sons, and daughters of Cuba, who, three years 

ago, stood in the face of brutal harassment, beatings, 

and torture to protest against the Communist Cuban 

regime, demanding access to their fundamental rights 

to life, dignity, and freedom. 

Whereas July 11, 2024, marks three years since the historic, 

pro-democracy demonstration in Cuba when thousands of 

courageous Cubans took to the streets in more than 40 

cities, across all provinces, to demand access to their 

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munism, censorship, and the oppression imposed by the 

totalitarian Cuban regime; 

Whereas, in an attempt to silence the Cuban people and prevent future protests from taking place, the Cuban dictatorship responded with a wave of terror, repression, and 

criminalization and detained and persecuted more than 

1,400 protestors, including women and children; 

Whereas, in a crude and savage effort to silence the Cuban 

people, the Communist regime cut internet connectivity 

and mobile services throughout Cuba, which hindered the 

Cuban people from organizing and hid from the outside 

world images and videos of the oppressive and brutal 

crackdown by the regime; 

Whereas totalitarian regimes such as Communist China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, and Nicaragua surveil and repress 

their citizens in a similar manner to the Cuban regime, 

with China, according to reports, even establishing an 

electronic eavesdropping facility in Cuba to spy on Americans and citizens of China abroad; 

Whereas the ongoing imprisonment of Jose ́ Daniel Ferrer 

Garcı ́a, a Cuban human rights and democracy activist 

who has worked tirelessly to advocate for fundamental 

civil liberties for the Cuban people, has suffered from the 

tactics of the brutal, despotic regime in Cuba, which aims 

to silence anyone who would dare speak out against its 

cruelty and barbarity; 

Whereas, according to Jose ́ Daniel Ferrer Garcı ́a’s family in 

January 2022, since his unlawful arrest on July 11, 

2021, he had been subjected to months of solitary confinement, physical and psychological torture, and inhuVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:59 Jul 11, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR1351.IH HR1351

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mane treatment from Cuban operatives, resulting in dire 

health conditions; 

Whereas Jose ́ Daniel Ferrer Garcı ́a suffers from severe headaches, breathing problems, mouth bleeding, malnutrition, 

vision loss, and bouts of coughing with an inability to 

sleep, can barely sit in a chair properly, and shows physical signs of repeated torture; 

Whereas, three years into his ongoing and unjust imprisonment by the Communist regime, Jose ́ Daniel Ferrer 

Garcı ́a continues to be subjected to evil, inhumane treatment and has not had contact with his family; 

Whereas, like Jose ́ Daniel Ferrer Garcı ́a, three years after 

the historic demonstration, an unknown number of protesters remain in prison, including minors, many are 

being held without access to or communication with family members, international human rights organizations, or 

legal counsel, and some have even been disappeared; 

Whereas, in an effort to intimidate Cubans from daring to 

protest again, the Cuban regime has held mass sham 

‘‘trials’’ that lack any semblance of due process and has 

imposed disproportionate prison terms of up to 25 years 

for ill-defined charges such as ‘‘public disorder, contempt, 

or violence such as rock-throwing,’’ according to media 

reports; 

Whereas the brutal and illegitimate Communist regime represses the brave and resilient men and women of Cuba 

who stand resolute in speaking out against the regime’s 

humanitarian crimes and efforts to persecute, kidnap, 

torture, and eventually kill anyone who stands up against 

its tyranny; 


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Whereas unilateral concessions to the Cuban regime in the 

form of weakened economic sanctions have effectively rewarded malicious governance, leading to more despicable 

and resolute repression of the Cuban people; 

Whereas the corruption and failures of Cuba’s closed, Communist economy, in which many industries are run by the 

Cuban military, have failed the people of Cuba; and 

Whereas the international community should stand in solidarity with the Cuban people in condemning the human 

rights atrocities committed by the brutal, illegitimate, totalitarian, Communist regime and should demand freedom and democracy for the men, women, and children of 

Cuba: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) commends the bravery, courage, and resolve 

3 of the members of the pro-democracy movement and 

4 all freedom activists in Cuba for risking their lives 

5 to bring freedom to the Cuban people; 

6 (2) condemns the repression of the hundreds of 

7 pro-democracy activists and political prisoners, in8 cluding children, that the Cuban regime is unjustly 

9 detaining and subjecting to physical and psycho10 logical torture, and calls for their immediate and un11 conditional release; 

12 (3) condemns the Cuban regime’s brutal, totali13 tarian dictatorship and demands an end to the suf14 fering of the men, women, and children of Cuba and 

15 the impunity of the regime’s human rights abusers; 


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1 (4) calls for the international community to 

2 stand with the Cuban people and speak out against 

3 Cuba’s repressive acts and infringement on funda4 mental freedoms, such as expression, belief, and as5 sembly; and 

6 (5) urges the Biden administration to put de7 mocracy, human rights, and civil liberties at the core 

8 of its Cuba policy by ceasing to provide unilateral 

9 concessions to the oppressive Cuban regime and by 

10 tightening sanctions on the Cuban regime until all 

11 conditions in United States law for removing sanc12 tions are met. 

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