Cuba on human rights

As normalization talks continue between the United States and Cuba, the issue of human rights is on the discussion table. The U.S. frequently accuses Cuba of rights violations in the international media, but on Monday Cuba countered with charges that the use of the inhumane death penalty, the incarceration of 2.5 million people, and police violence against non-white communities are themselves serious violations of human rights. According to the FBI, white police officers used deadly force against black men and women twice a week between 2008 and 2012. Cuba also argues that human rights must be measured according to achievements in health care and literacy, in which it has excelled. teleSUR