It is easy to say that Cuban records of human rights is far better than that of all US clients in the Middle East region but also, how many of those rights are violated here in the US? "Cuba’s record on human rights is well documented. The State Department’s annual human rights report said this year that the Cuban government carried out arbitrary arrests, failed to hold fair trials, spied on private communications, opposed free speech, restricted its citizens’ access to the Internet and refused to recognize independent human rights groups."