Cuba must make human rights gestures

EU leader: Cuba must make human rights gestures
The Associated Press
Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 8:11 a.m.

The European Union's development commissioner wants Cuba to show signs
it's serious about protecting fundamental human rights.

Karel De Gucht met with Raul Castro while wrapping up a three-day visit
to Cuba and says he held "open, frank and constructive" talks with
several top Cuban officials.

He said Wednesday night that the "position of the EU is not regime
change," but that "on Cuba's part, dialogue implies gestures be made on
universal human rights."

The island's communist government wants the EU to scrap its "common
position" calling for a transition to democracy and better human rights
guarantees in Cuba.

Relations between the island and the EU are improving after five years
of tension over Cuba's human rights record.

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